Can “blow sb off” be synonym with “belittle sb”?
Although it is likely (especially with the second definition below) to have the effect of belittling them, that is not strictly its actual meaning.
To fully make plans with someone and to purposely not show up:
I made plans with my friend and he totally just blew me off.
to treat something or someone as if that thing or person were not important:
Whenever I see him, he just blows me off and talks to the others in the group.
Hi Bez,
Thanks a lot for your help. It is good to consider the subtle difference between the two verbs.
I understand what you say . We say „ belittle” when somebody -for example- is haughty and belittles anyone. I belittle everyone who is able to belittle other people. In my life, I could never understand how people could belittle other people. These people are conceited and self-important and unintelligent. For example, as you know we live in a village and in the capital also. I realized that townspeople could belittle the countrymen. They believe that townspeople are cleverer than the countrymen whereas the intelligence is an inborn gift. I used to meet several countrymen with less education and perhaps they never heard about Shakespeare but they aroused my curiosity when they were talking with me. These people were individual and they said true statements about everything and everybody.
„To blow sb off« is not happens from haughtiness, it is an impolite behavior, he blew me off, or he gave me a brush off- but not why that he belittles me. His reason could have been that his affection for me changed and he did not dare to say to me but he chose another program, so he was having me on.
What about my reasoning?
I have never said to you that I adore your slogan: “Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”
It as a quotation which I appreciated move and move as I grew older.