dismissive
adjUK /dɪsˈmɪsɪv/ · US /dəsˈmɪsɪv/
Etymology From dismiss + -ive.
1
Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.
- I was openly dismissive about transubstantiation, by which the host is consecrated, and according to Catholic doctrine, literally turns from mere bread into the body of Christ. “But all the atoms stay the same!” I would insist. “That makes no sense!”2020 July 6, Helen Lewis, “How J. K. Rowling Became Voldemort”, in The Atlantic:
- Synonyms
- contemptuous, indifferent
- Derived terms
- dismissively, dismissiveness, undismissive