Synonyms of pooh-pooh

pooh-pooh

verb

variants also pooh

as in to dismiss

informal to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true

They pooh-poohed my suggestion.

He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted.

Related Words

• dismiss
• reject
• ignore
• resist
• mock
• scorn
• flout
• scoff (at)
• defy
• disobey
• oppose
• wink (at)
• brush (off)
• disregard
• rebel (against)
• shrug off
• revolt (against)
• overlook
• violate
• disoblige
• pass over
• dispute
• fight
• transgress
• infringe
• tune out
• withstand
• combat
• mutiny (against)
• breach
• contest
• buck
• break
• overpass

Dissimilar Words

• submit (to)
• serve
• yield (to)
• concede (to)
• surrender (to)
• defer (to)
• observe
• keep
• cooperate (with)
• hear
• agree (to)
• capitulate (to)
• stoop (to)
• heed
• attend
• note
• notice
• regard
• goose-step (to)
• oblige
• watch
• accede (to)
• listen (to)
• follow
• assent (to)
• obey
• mark
• comply (with)
• conform (to)
• acquiesce (to)
• mind

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pooh-pooh

One could be forgiven to pooh-pooh yet another play that lays out William Shakespeare’s bona fides as a hip-hop icon, the original bar spitter who beefed with plenty of his contemporaries while dropping sick flows all over Elizabethan England. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026

In Cleveland, see Jimmy Haslam scare off quality candidates and then pooh-pooh fresh faces brave enough to want to work for him. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026

LaRoche tried to pooh-pooh the notion, and certainly did not wish Agent McGee to alarm his wife. — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 14 Apr. 2025

But weather forecasters typically pooh-pooh their predictions. — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025

National Weather Service debunks woolly bear forecasting abilities Of course, the National Weather Service has come along to pooh-pooh the woolly bear's winter foresight, with its science and facts. — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024

No wonder his officers pooh-pooh Haiti’s gangs as amateurs compared to their previous foes, like Al Shabaab – though the al Qaeda affiliate hasn’t been entirely vanquished back home in Kenya. — Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024