dismissive
adjectiveHow many syllables in dismissive?
There are 3 syllables in the word dismissive.How to pronounce dismissive:
Definition of dismissive:
- dismissive (adjective):
- mocking or scornful
- showing indifference or disregard.
- serving to dismiss or reject someone or something having or showing a disdainful attitude toward someone or something regarded as unworthy of serious attention
Synonyms for dismissive:
ax
axe
bounce
can
discharge
fire
muster out
pink-slip
release
remove
retire
sack
terminate
turn off
Antonyms for dismissive:
admiring
applauding
appreciative
approbatory
approving
attentive
commendatory
complimentary
encouraging
favorable
favourable
flattering
friendly
good
interested
positive
sympathetic
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- detritus
- luckily
- grievously
- potable
- discipline
- mutiny
- intently
- quadrupled
- mightily
- inexact
- heartrending
- envisioned
- harangue
- frolicking
- loveable
- disinterred
- elusive
- befriended
- suitably
- contritely
- well-wisher
- malady
- benedict
- dissever
- narcissus
- unlucky
- chamomile
- henceforth
- excursion
- unopened
- assailant
- savable
- grotesquely
- circuitous
- tamable
- captain's mast
- abnegate
- marvellous
- perversely
- eagerly
- blearily
- occasion
- generous
- terribly
- coaxing
- staggering
- improvise
- sand-castle
- proudly
- goofiness
- … more
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