Term: brush-off: a curt or disdainful rejection
Candidate hypernym: rejection: the act of rejecting something → 1
Candidate hypernym: mexican hyssop: erect perennial of Mexico having rose to crimson flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: head nurse: the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution → 0
Candidate hypernym: snipefish: small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth → 0
Candidate hypernym: tarmacadam: a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving → 0
Candidate hypernym: visit: the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection) → 0
Candidate hypernym: self-discipline: the trait of practicing self discipline → 0
Candidate hypernym: occupational disease: disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts) → 0
Candidate hypernym: rise: a movement upward → 0
Candidate hypernym: bewilderment: confusion resulting from failure to understand → 0
Candidate hypernym: tepee: a Native American tent; usually of conical shape → 0