Definition of dismissive
:serving to dismiss or reject someone or something :having or showing a disdainful attitude toward someone or something regarded as unworthy of serious attention
- He responded to the question with a dismissive wave.
- In the past, Westerberg had been dismissive of Bob's playing, but he says relistening to the early records gave him a new perspective.
- —Bob Weir
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dismissively
adverb-
- Writer Tom Fontana's violent, realistic drama debuted five years ago and uninitiated viewers still dismissively call it "that prison show on HBO."
- —Ian Rothkerch
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- These are not people who speak dismissively of the brain's capabilities.
- —Brad Leithauser
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dismissiveness
noun-
- The work of feminist scholars, both individually and collectively, has been greeted in some quarters with impatience, irritation, dismissiveness, even contempt.
- —Cullen Murphy
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