• to give sy the cold shoulder
• to turn sy from the door
• to turn sy from the door
• to defeat a motion, to throw out a motion
• to give a cold ear to a request
• to send sy away with a flea in his ear
• dismissive, negative, repulsive
• condemnation, dismissal, negative, rejection, repudiation, repulse, set-down, spurn, turn-down
• dismissively, repulsively