toss the head
verb
Roget 930:
despise,
contemn,
scorn,
disdain,
feel contempt for,
view with a scornful eye;
disregard,
slight,
not mind;
pass by
etc.
(neglect)
460.
look down upon;
hold cheap,
hold in contempt,
hold in disrespect;
think nothing of,
think small beer of;
make light of;
underestimate
etc.
483;
esteem slightly,
esteem of small or no account;
take no account of,
care nothing for;
set no store by;
not care a straw,
sneeze at
etc.
(unimportance)
643;
set at naught,
laugh in one's sleeve,
laugh up one's sleeve,
snap one's fingers at,
shrug one's shoulders,
turn up one's nose at,
pooh-pooh,
damn with faint praise"
[Pope];
whistle at,
sneer at;
curl up one's lip,
toss the head,
traiter de haut enbas [Fr.];
laugh at
etc.
(be disrespectful)
929.
point the finger of scorn,
hold up to scorn,
laugh to scorn;
scout,
hoot,
flout,
hiss,
scoff at.
turn one's back upon,
turn a cold shoulder upon;
tread upon,
trample upon,
trample under foot;
spurn,
kick;
fling to the winds
etc.
(repudiate)
610;
send away with a flea in the ear.
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Roget 885:
be insolent
etc.
adj.;
bluster,
vapor,
swagger,
swell,
give oneself airs,
snap one's fingers,
kick up a dust;
swear
etc.
(affirm)
535;
rap out oaths;
roister.
arrogate;
assume,
presume;
make bold,
make free;
take a liberty,
give an inch and take an ell.
domineer,
bully,
dictate,
hector;
lord it over;
traiter de haut en bas [Fr.],
regarder de haut en bas [Fr.];
exact;
snub,
huff. ,
beard,
fly in the face of;
put to the blush;
bear down,
beat down;
browbeat,
intimidate;
trample down,
tread down,
trample under foot;
dragoon,
ride roughshod over.
out face,
outlook,
outstare,
outbrazen†,
outbrave†;
stare out of countenance;
brazen out;
lay down the law;
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs;
assume a lofty bearing;
talk big,
look big;
put on big looks,
act the grand seigneur [Fr.];
mount the high horse,
ride the high horse;
toss the head,
carry,
with a high hand.
tempt Providence,
want snuffing.
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Roget 878:
be proud
etc.
adj.;
put a good face on;
look one in the face;
stalk abroad,
perk oneself up;
think no small beer of oneself;
presume,
swagger,
strut;
rear one's head,
lift up one's head,
hold up one's head;
hold one's head high,
look big,
take the wall,
bear like the Turk no rival near the throne"
[Pope],
carry with a high hand;
ride the high horse,
mount on one's high horse;
set one's back up,
bridle,
toss the head;
give oneself airs
etc.
(assume)
885;
boast
etc.
884.
pride oneself on;
glory in,
take a pride in;
pique oneself,
plume oneself,
hug oneself;
stand upon,
be proud of;
put a good face on;
not hide one's light under a bushel,
not put one's talent in a napkin;
not think small beer of oneself
etc.
(vanity)
880.
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