turn one's back upon
verb
Roget 458:
be inattentive
etc.
adj.;
overlook,
disregard;
pass by
etc.
(neglect)
460;
not observe
etc.
457;
think little of.
close one's eyes to,
shut one's eyes to;
pay no attention to;
dismiss from one's thoughts,
discard from one's thoughts,
discharge from one's thoughts,
dismiss from one's mind,
discard from one's mind,
discharge from one's mind;
drop the subject,
think no more of;
set aside,
turn aside,
put aside;
turn away from,
turn one's attention from,
turn a deaf ear to,
turn one's back upon.
abstract oneself,
dream,
indulge in reverie.
escape notice,
escape attention;
come in at one ear and go out at the other;
forget
etc.
(have no remembrance)
506.
call off the attention,
draw off the attention,
call away the attention,
divert the attention,
distract the mind;
put out of one's head;
disconcert,
discompose;
put out,
confuse,
perplex,
bewilder,
moider†,
fluster,
muddle,
dazzle;
throw a sop to Cerberus.
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Roget 289:
repel,
push from,
drive apart,
drive from
etc.
276;
chase,
dispel;
retrude†;
abduce†,
abduct;
send away;
repulse.
keep at arm's length,
turn one's back upon,
give the cold shoulder;
send off,
send away with a flea in one's ear.
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Roget 708:
oppose,
counteract,
run counter to;
withstand
etc.
(resist)
719;
control
etc.
(restrain)
751;
hinder
etc.
706;
antagonize,
oppugn,
fly in the face of,
go dead against,
kick against,
fall afoul of,
run afoul of;
set against,
pit against;
face,
confront,
cope with;
make a stand,
make a dead set against;
set oneself against,
set one's face against;
protest against,
vote against,
raise one's voice against;
disfavor,
turn one's back upon;
set at naught,
slap in the face,
slam the door in one's face.
be at cross purposes;
play at cross purposes;
counterwork†,
countermine;
thwart,
overthwart†;
work against,
undermine.
stem,
breast,
encounter;
stem the tide,
breast the tide,
stem the current,
stem the flood;
buffet the waves;
beat up against,
make head against;
grapple with;
kick against the pricks
etc.
(resist)
719;
contend
etc.
720;
do battle with
etc.
(warfare)
722,
do battle against.
contradict,
contravene;
belie;
go against,
run against,
beat against,
militate against;
come in conflict with.
emulate
etc.
(compete)
720;
rival,
spoil one's trade.
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Roget 764:
refuse,
reject,
deny,
decline,
turn down;
nill,
negative;
refuse one's assent,
withhold one's assent;
shake the head;
close the hand,
close the purse;
grudge,
begrudge,
be slow to,
hang fire;
pass
(at cards).
be deaf to;
dismiss,
turn a deaf ear to,
turn one's back upon;
set one's face against,
discountenance,
not hear of,
have nothing to do with,
wash one's hands of,
stand aloof,
forswear,
set aside,
cast behind one;
not yield an inch
etc.
(obstinacy)
606.
resist,
cross;
not grant
etc.
762;
repel,
repulse,
shut the door in one's face,
slam the door in one's face;
rebuff;
send back,
send to the right about,
send away with a flea in the ear;
deny oneself,
not be at home to;
discard,
spurn,
etc.
(repudiate)
610;
rescind
etc.
(revoke)
756;
disclaim,
protest;
dissent
etc.
489.
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Roget 893:
be secluded,
live secluded
etc.
adj.;
keep aloof,
stand,
hold oneself aloof,
keep in the background,
stand in the background;
keep snug;
shut oneself up;
deny oneself,
seclude oneself creep into a corner,
rusticate,
aller planter ses choux [Fr.];
retire,
retire from the world;
take the veil;
abandon
etc.
624;
sport one's oak [Slang].
cut,
cut dead;
refuse to associate with,
refuse to acknowledge;
look cool upon,
turn one's back upon,
shut the door upon;
repel,
blackball,
excommunicate,
exclude,
exile,
expatriate;
banish,
outlaw,
maroon,
ostracize,
proscribe,
cut off from,
send to Coventry,
keep at arm's length,
draw a cordon round.
depopulate;
dispeople†,
unpeople†.
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Roget 895:
be rude
etc.
adj.;
insult
etc.
929;
treat with discourtesy;
take a name in vain;
make bold with,
make free with;
take a liberty;
stare out of countenance,
ogle,
point at,
put to the blush.
cut;
turn one's back upon,
turn on one's heel;
give the cold shoulder;
keep at a distance,
keep at arm's length;
look cool upon,
look coldly upon,
look black upon;
show the door to,
send away with a flea in the ear.
lose one's temper
etc.
(resentment)
900;
sulk
etc.
901.1;
frown,
scowl,
glower,
pout;
snap,
snarl,
growl.
render rude
etc.
adj.;
brutalize,
brutify†.
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Roget 929:
hold in disrespect
etc.
(despise)
930;
misprize,
disregard,
slight,
trifle with,
set at naught,
pass by,
push aside,
overlook,
turn one's back upon,
laugh in one's sleeve;
be disrespectful
etc.
adj.,
be discourteous
etc.
895;
treat with disrespect
etc.
n.;
set down,
put down,
browbeat.
dishonor,
desecrate;
insult,
affront,
outrage.
speak slightingly of;
disparage
etc.
(dispraise)
932;
vilipend†,
vilify,
call names;
throw dirt,
fling dirt;
drag through the mud,
point at,
indulge in personalities;
make mouths,
make faces;
bite the thumb;
take by the beard;
pluck by the beard;
toss in a blanket,
tar and feather.
have in derision;
hold in derision;
deride,
scoff,
barrack,
sneer,
laugh at,
snigger,
ridicule,
gibe,
mock,
jeer,
hiss,
hoot,
taunt,
twit,
niggle†,
gleek†,
gird,
flout,
fleer†;
roast,
turn into ridicule;
burlesque
etc.
856;
laugh to scorn
etc.
(contempt)
930;
smoke;
fool;
make game of,
make a fool of,
make an April fool of†;
play a practical joke;
lead one a dance,
run the rig upon,
have a fling at,
scout;
mob.
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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 283:
recede,
regrade,
return,
revert,
retreat,
retire;
retrograde,
retrocede;
back out;
back down;
balk;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [Slang];
withdraw;
rebound
etc.
277;
go back,
come back,
turn back,
hark back,
draw back,
fall back,
get back,
put back,
run back;
lose ground;
fall astern,
drop astern;
backwater,
put about;
backtrack,
take the back track;
veer round;
double,
wheel,
countermarch;
ebb,
regurgitate;
jib,
shrink,
shy.
turn tail,
turn round,
turn upon one's heel,
turn one's back upon;
retrace one's steps,
dance the back step;
sound a retreat,
beat a retreat;
go home.
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