Antonyms for dismissivedis·mis·sive

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1. dismissiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   indifferent, contemptuous

2. dismissiveadjective

   Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.

   Synonyms:
   indifferent, contemptuous

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1. dismissiveadjective

   showing indifference or disregard

   "a dismissive shrug"; "the firm is dismissive of the competitor's product"; "'chronic fatigue syndrome' was known by the dismissive term 'housewife syndrome'"

   Antonyms:
   interested, acceptive

2. dismissiveadjective

   stopping to associate with

   "they took dismissive action after the third violation"

   Antonyms:
   interested, acceptive

How to use dismissive in a sentence?

1. Laura Tremaine:

   Being specific about our physical ailments — instead of vague and dismissive — can actually deepen relationships and help us all feel less isolated in this process.

2. Heidi Heitkamp:

   I’ve said before that for decades as a country, we have been far too tolerant and dismissive of past allegations, in recent months, women have been courageously stepping out of the shadows to tell their stories of sexual harassment and abuse. That’s a huge step.

3. Will Packer:

   Los Angeles police officers said, we will go get him. We are prepared. We are prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options, and as they were talking, Chris was... being very dismissive of those options. He was like, no, I'm fine. He was, like, no, no, no.

4. Alyssa Milano:

   It's sad that Vice President Mike Pence is so dismissive of the American lives lost in Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs, and Parkland — not to mention the thousands of people killed every month by gun violence.

5. Paul Pieroni:

   The general public might find stories of traveling to Mars unbelievable but Bonnie's approach to them is a little bit different, i think she wants to give people the benefit of the doubt and is interested in creating a framework for these accounts that isn't literally dismissive.

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