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Word - rootword - affixes
ibaliwala - baliwala - i-~
i.ba.li.wa.la. - 5 syllables

i- = ibaliwala
ibaliwala

ibaliwala : make light of (v.); wave off (v.)
baliwala : disregard (v.); downplay (v.); play down (v.); brush off (v.); ignore (v.)

Derivatives of baliwala


Glosses:
wave off
v. (change)1. wave offdismiss as insignificant.; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety"
~ background, play down, downplayunderstate the importance or quality of.; "he played down his royal ancestry"
downplay
v. (communication)1. downplay, minimise, minimize, understaterepresent as less significant or important.
~ informimpart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights"
~ trivialise, trivializemake trivial or insignificant.; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"
v. (change)2. background, downplay, play downunderstate the importance or quality of.; "he played down his royal ancestry"
~ wave offdismiss as insignificant.; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety"
~ soft-pedalplay down or obscure.; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
~ accent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, emphasise, punctuateto stress, single out as important.; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
play down
brush off
v. (communication)1. brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push asidebar from attention or consideration.; "She dismissed his advances"
~ cold-shoulder, slightpay no attention to, disrespect.; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
~ rejectrefuse to accept or acknowledge.; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
~ discreditcause to be distrusted or disbelieved.; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"
~ shrug offminimize the importance of, brush aside.; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"
~ pass offdisregard.; "She passed off the insult"
~ flout, scofftreat with contemptuous disregard.; "flout the rules"
~ turn a blind eyerefuse to acknowledge.; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office"
~ laugh away, laugh offdeal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it.; "She laughs away all these problems"
~ disobligeignore someone's wishes.
ignore
v. (communication)1. cut, disregard, ignore, snubrefuse to acknowledge.; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
~ do by, treat, handleinteract in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
v. (perception)2. ignorefail to notice.
~ pass upfail to acknowledge.; "he passed me up in the street"
v. (cognition)3. disregard, ignore, neglectgive little or no attention to.; "Disregard the errors"
~ pretermitdisregard intentionally or let pass.
v. (cognition)4. ignorebe ignorant of or in the dark about.