Synonyms for dismissive
dis·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

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1. List of paraphrases for "dismissive":

   derogatory, patronising, cavalier

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1. Environmental Protection Agency:

   Under the Antideficiency Act, EPA must conduct an internal investigation and identify the persons responsible, however, EPA is dismissive of GAO’s legal decision. In fact, even though GAO issued its legal decision on December 14, EPA has not removed from its website the messages that GAO found to be covert propaganda and grass roots lobbying.

2. Stephen Hanse:

   From the onset of this pandemic, nursing homes and assisted living providers have been on the front lines of the battle, the only way we will defeat this virus is working together with the State to ensure all nursing homes and assisted living providers are afforded the necessary resources to accomplish this goal. Hanse added : The States action today acknowledges the concerns providers voiced over the March 25thDepartment of Health advisory and we must continue to work together to implement solutions to assist long-term care providers. We are all in this together, and together, all of our actions must be directed at safeguarding our most vulnerable and lead us to overcome our present circumstances and create a stronger and safer future. Previously, Cuomo has seemed dismissive and resigned to defeat when asked about his state leading the nation in nursing-home deaths. Of the nations more than 26,000 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, a fifth of them about 5,300 are in New York, according to a count by The Associated Press, and the toll has been increasing by an average of 20 to 25 deaths a day for the past few weeks.

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. Kasim Reed:

   One of the things that has been very troubling to me and to people in the city of Atlanta and folks I talk to in Columbia, South Carolina, is how dismissive Sen. Sanders' message is of the work of President Barack Obama.

5. Armstrong Williams:

   Dr. Carson is very dismissive of the question because it was hypothetical and Dr. Carson does not answer in hypotheticals. And so he intentionally did not answer the question, dr. Carson is still on a learning curve.