as in dismissal
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly
he tolerated the snubs from his in-laws because the holidays come but once a year, thankfully
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1
as in to reject
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
the snob in town always snubbed anyone she thought was beneath her
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as in to disdain
to show contempt for
a social set that snubs anyone below their income bracket
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Recent Examples of snub
Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Bottom Line Broadway buffs and Lin-Manuel Miranda fans alike should tune in at 8 p.m. on the dot Sunday for the 2025 Tony Awards, which promise to deliver great performances and the usual snubs and surprises.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Fans are upset with the committee for snubbing Denzel Washington’s stellar Broadway performance in Othello.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 2 May 2025
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Noun
Experts break down the worst Emmy snubs of all time.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Bottom Line Broadway buffs and Lin-Manuel Miranda fans alike should tune in at 8 p.m. on the dot Sunday for the 2025 Tony Awards, which promise to deliver great performances and the usual snubs and surprises.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Verb
Conversely, players who feel they were snubbed in the voting may be motivated to prove the voters made a mistake.
—Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Fans are upset with the committee for snubbing Denzel Washington’s stellar Broadway performance in Othello.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snub
Noun
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Both the Associated Press and NBC News reported the dismissals on June 27, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter and a letter signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi to one of the attorneys.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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The recent dismissal of Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, signals a troubling disregard for the importance and neutrality of libraries.—
Linda Johnson,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2025
Verb
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New York Senator Julia Salazar, who was among the electeds observing hearings Thursday called for New Yorkers to reject what is happening inside lower Manhattan immigration courts.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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But her boss rejects her resignation, and offers her a new assignment: find Xavier, the mysterious kingpin whose power reaches all the way to the Oval Office.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
4 July 2025
Verb
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Isn’t the point that Texans, Floridians and Tennesseans disdain big government, and by extension, would like to control it more?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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The reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd has given way to a backlash and a president who disdains efforts at equality, complains of anti-white prejudice and purges powerful Black men and women in the name of a mythical colorblind society.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Critical flight systems must be isolated from public-facing applications.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Interestingly, research has found that asthmatics tend to have lower levels of IgG. While camel milk is rich in these bioactive compounds, the study didn’t isolate or quantify which specific components were responsible for the observed effects.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 July 2025
Verb
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This emotional fusion is not a sign of secure love, but a form of over-dependence, often rooted in early family and childhood experiences where individuality was discouraged or disrespected.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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If your boss downgrades your work or disrespects you, this is a huge red flag.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Losing a job, or facing creative rejection, is a very real type of grief that doesn’t always get depicted as grief.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Despite the constant rejection, Van-Der-Sluis seems determined to find the love of his life.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
26 June 2025
Verb
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The boar bristles are bendy to move with hair but still stiff enough to detangle knots.—
Olivia Cigliano,
Footwear News,
12 June 2025
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The concrete had to be strong enough to withstand all the floors pressing down on one another and stiff enough to hold up against winds that would push against the building during storms.—
Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
Verb
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The buildings’ raw, unfinished concrete forms, typically simple, are loved or hated.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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That narrative that got spun into, 'Oh, the vets hate the rookies.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
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“Snub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snub. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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