to pooh-pooh
5
9.5
- verb
- /ˈpuːˌpuː/
:
desestimar
- Gus had once offered to buy her an electric sharpener, but Beth had pooh-poohed the suggestion.
- pooh-pooh the idea
- pooh-pooh the notion
- pooh-pooh the claim
A friend of mine, he was, he was Pooh poohing stocks.
- A friend of mine, he was, he was Pooh poohing stocks.
- The mainstream media, like with inflation and like with crime, have done their best to Pooh, Pooh these issues.
- Even the people that Pooh Pooh it or try to play, you know, like too cool for school or like don't believe in it.
- And so there are models that, you know, people have been Pooh poohing education that's focused on trades and skills will have those choices.
Examples
-
Luke's mother had always pooh-poohed any importance to her going out with some eligible gentleman or other.
Fiction book (2001) -
I told my wife about it, but she pooh-poohed me.
-
Think twice before you pooh-pooh it
-
But government officials have pooh-poohed her proposal.
-
Israeli officials also pooh-poohed the idea.
Academic text (1990) -
And don't be so quick to pooh-pooh this win.
Blog text (30) -
Jacobson's experience is not to be pooh-poohed.
Blog text (30) -
When first proposed, many biochemists pooh-poohed the idea of modifying DNA for use as a drug.
Academic text (1993) -
My boyfriend is half-Indian, and I'd always pooh-poohed his concerns about being racially profiled while traveling, but no more.
Blog text (14) -
When I suggested a new approach, my colleagues quickly pooh-poohed the idea as impractical.
Synonyms
332
3.0
To refuse to accept an idea or claim
312
2.9
Refuse an offer, invitation, or request
75
4.2
To treat something as unimportant and ignore it
59
4.6
To say someone or something is not worth taking seriously without careful thought
51
5.5
To show dislike and no respect for someone or something
26
7.7
To refuse a person or an offer in a rude way
15
6.4
To treat a person or thing as not worthy of respect
9
9.8
To show mild dislike by making a short sound or gesture
4
5.3
Treat a question or problem as not important
3
4.7
To ignore an opinion or worry as unimportant
2
7.4
To say bad things about someone or something and call it useless
2
5.9
Treat something as unimportant and ignore it
2
4.1
To treat criticism or an insult as not important
1
9.0
To reject something as silly and not take it seriously in places like a court or meeting
1
8.5
Treat someone in a cold way and ignore them to show dislike
1
6.1
To treat something as not important and ignore it
To say that an idea is nonsense or not true
Antonyms
How Dismissive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pooh-pooh comes from the small exclamation pooh, a sound people use to show 'disgust' or 'scorn', and repeating it turned the sound into a verb that means to 'dismiss' an idea as unimportant. So, to pooh-pooh something today is to reject it lightly or treat it as not worth serious thought.