sniff atsomething
phrasal verbwithsniffverbuk/snɪf/us/snɪf/
(DISAPPROVE)
to showdisapprovalor alowopinionof something:
Artexpertssniffedat hiswork.
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blowsomething/someoneoff
- brushsomeone/somethingaside
- chopped liver
- damn
- denigrate
- denigration
- front
- laugh
- laughsomethingoff
- leavesomethingat the dooridiom
- look down onsomeone
- minoritize
- never
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- skate over/aroundsomething
- sweepsomethingaside
- talksomethingdown
- wave
(SHOW INTEREST)
(alsosniff around(something))
to show that you areinterestedin something:
A fewcomputerfirmsaresniffingat theprojectalready.
ChiefexecutiveDavidProsser said thetakeoverspeculationwaswrongand no one wassniffingaround.
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- ablaze
- aflame
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutteridiom
- amped
- animated
- entranced
- evangelical
- evangelistic
- excited
- excitedly
- fevered
- go ahead
- heartily
- make (all) the right, correct, etc. noisesidiom
- mood
- nuts
- omnivorous
- on the edge ofyourseatidiom