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Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an unknowable debt for that. One flaw: sometimes, early on, she would tell me things designed to make me think less of my mother, and I would wave her away, saying, 'Jane, this just backfires and makes me think less of you.'
Martin Amis

Meaning of "think less of" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THINK LESS OF

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THINK LESS OF

think
think again
think better of
think little of
think more of
think much of
think nothing of
think out
think outside the box
think over
think tank
think the world of
think twice
think up
think-tank
thinkable
thinkableness
thinkably
thinker
thinking

WORDS THAT END LIKE THINK LESS OF

apropos of
by means of
in excess of
in terms of
in the throes of
less of
lick the boots of
make a hames of
make ducks and drakes of
Parts of
play into the hands of
swags of
the likes of
throw dust in the eyes of
wash one´s hands of

Synonyms and antonyms of think less of in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «think less of» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

想少
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pensar menos de
570 millions of speakers

English

think less of
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

के कम लगता है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعتقد أقل من
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

меньше думать о
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acho que menos de
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কম চিন্তা করুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

penser moins de
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fikirkan kurang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

denke weniger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

少ないと思う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

덜 생각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mikir kurang saka
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghĩ ít hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறைவாக நினைக்கிறேன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमी विचार करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Daha azını düşün
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pensare di meno di
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

myślę mniej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

менше думати про
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cred că mai puțin de
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκέφτονται λιγότερο από
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dink minder van
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tänker mindre av
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tenke mindre på
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of think less of

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THINK LESS OF»

The term «think less of» is very widely used and occupies the 20.627 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THINK LESS OF» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about think less of

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Martin Amis
Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an unknowable debt for that. One flaw: sometimes, early on, she would tell me things designed to make me think less of my mother, and I would wave her away, saying, 'Jane, this just backfires and makes me think less of you.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THINK LESS OF»

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Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us
And because the humble are free, they don't think less of themselves, they think of themselves less. Jesus is the consummate example of humility and greatness. Jesus knew he was God's own Son. No one born of flesh will ever be greater ...
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, 2009
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Defamation Law and Social Attitudes: Ordinary Unreasonable ...
Those respondents who said they would think less of the subject of the media report put to them were then asked to estimate on a scale of 1 to 5 (where 1 means just a little less and 5 means a great deal less) the extent to which they would ...
Roy Baker, 2011
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Moral Rights and Their Application in Australia
Yet if the public are aware of the author's association with the work, the failure to attribute may possibly cause the public to think less of the author, the onus being on the author to produce some evidence to suggest that the public had reached ...
Maree Sainsbury, 2003
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The League of the Less Lucky
It makes me think less of myself to feel that way about people who had been afflicted by circumstances beyond their control. I'm sure that it must be terrible enough to go marked through life without also having to endure the antipathy of one's ...
Joseph William Meagher, 2006
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Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus
Some college women seem to have realized that men think less of them if they are too sexual during an initial hookup or in the early stages of a series of hookup encounters with the same person. Thus, women will sometimes alter how much ...
Kathleen A. Bogle, 2008
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Report of the capital punishment commission: together with ...
Yes. 3330. In times like these is not human life much less valued; when you hear more about men being killed, do not people care less about it as they hear more about it ?—Whatever we get familiarized with we think less of; but when you take  ...
‎1866
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Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men
I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. —Henry James Many of us have learned to control the responses of others by always being pleasing and charming. Maybe we feel it's better to have others like  ...
Anonymous, Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services, 2013
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The SAGE Handbook of Public Opinion Research
One possible reason for this pattern may be that broadcast journalists think less of the quality of their medium's influence on public opinion than do those working for newspapers, but it's worth noting that television journalists in the US are also ...
Wolfgang Donsbach, Michael W Traugott, 2007
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The works of William Paley: with illustrative notes and a ...
TO THINK LESS OF OUR VIRTUES, AND MORE OF OUR SINS. My sin is ever be/ore me. — Psalm, li. 3. To think well is the way to act rightly ; because thought is the source and spring of action. When the course and habit of thinking is wrong , ...
William Paley, 1838
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Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?: What It Means to Be Black Now
(If a Black person's view of Black people is so fragile that one act could make them think less of all Blacks, they need to see a therapist, posthaste.) So that notion of anxiety over what will befall you if other Blacks are seen in an adverse light ...
Touré, 2011

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THINK LESS OF»

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I bottled a fight – but don't think less of me as a man
At least he was paying me a compliment, you might think. But then he continued, rather menacingly, “...and more time down a boxing gym.” At which point he ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Study: People Think Less of Working Moms (And of Their Children)
Instead, though, she found one consistent pattern: her volunteers rated the fully employed mothers as less competent; their relationships with their kids as more ... «Big Think, May 10»

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