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- Dictionarydis·mis·sive/dəˈsmisiv/
adjective
- 1. feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration: "he is too dismissive of the importance of the industrialists"
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Learn the meaning of dismissive, an adjective that describes someone or something that is disrespectful or unimportant. See examples of dismissive in sentences and its origin and usage.
Dismissive means showing that you do not think something or someone is worth considering. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, pronunciation and usage with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
If you are dismissive of someone or something, you say or show that you think they are not important or have no value.
To be dismissive is to be indifferent and a little rude. Being dismissive is a sign of disrespect. If you're dismissive, you show little consideration for others. If a teacher laughs at a student's earnest answer to a question, that's dismissive.
Dismissive means serving to dismiss or showing indifference or disregard. Find the pronunciation, translation, and related words for dismissive in this online dictionary.
dismissive (of somebody/something) showing that you do not believe a person or thing to be important or worth considering synonym disdainful. a dismissive gesture/tone; She was always dismissive of other women in the office. Other critics were equally dismissive. She was very dismissive of his achievements.
Dismissive means showing that you think someone or something is not important or has no value. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, with synonyms, pronunciation, and translations.
