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shrugging off

verb , present participle of shrug off

Synonyms and Antonyms of shrugging off

1 to dismiss as of little importance

an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem

Synonyms of shrugging off

blinking (at), brushing (aside or off), condoning, discounting, disregarding, excusing, forgiving, glossing (over), glozing (over), ignoring, overlooking, overpassing, papering over, pardoning, passing over, remitting, whitewashing, winking (at)

Words Related to shrugging off

explaining, justifying, rationalizing

absolving, acquitting, clearing, exculpating, exonerating, vindicating

waiving, waving (aside or off)

Phrases Synonymous with shrugging off

closing one's eyes to, forgiving and forgetting

Near Antonyms of shrugging off

heeding, marking, minding, noting, objecting (to)

2 to rid oneself of (a garment)

she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly

Synonyms of shrugging off

doffing, dousing, peeling (off), putting off, removing, taking off

Words Related to shrugging off

husking, shedding

disrobing, stripping, undressing

Near Antonyms of shrugging off

appareling (or apparelling), arraying, attiring, bedecking, clothing, dressing, garbing, rigging, robing, suiting

Antonyms of shrugging off

donning, putting on, slipping (into), throwing (on)

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