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
Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
1 June 2026
Compounding the snub, Trump so far hasn’t made any announcement about a consolation prize for Colyer, the chair of his 2024 campaign operation in Kansas, who built his gubernatorial campaign message around supporting the Republican president.
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Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
The suit goes on to recount several other instances between 2022 and 2023 when Noakes appears to either snub or discount Conaway.
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Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
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Noun
While no specific reason for the apparent snub was provided to the outlet, the move follows months of speculation about a rift between Swift and the Tellers.
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Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
1 June 2026
Compounding the snub, Trump so far hasn’t made any announcement about a consolation prize for Colyer, the chair of his 2024 campaign operation in Kansas, who built his gubernatorial campaign message around supporting the Republican president.
—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
Verb
And other fans just wanted to know how snubbing some reporters resulted in a penalty that felt more serious than other teams have received for far worse.
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Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
The suit goes on to recount several other instances between 2022 and 2023 when Noakes appears to either snub or discount Conaway.
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Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snub
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Despite her dismissal, Keyser appeared in the first 20 minutes of Thursday’s episode, sharing a chat and a kiss with partner Zach Georgiou, and later slept in the bed with him.
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Following Mendoza's dismissal, fan anger seems to be directed at Stearns, the man in charge of building the roster.
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Those seeking to stop the roundup reject almost all of the federal agencies’ claims, from the size of the herd to the notion that the horses cause ecological damage.
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While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
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In the age of Neapolitan worship, some Melburnians disdain its existence for the cheap ingredients that defined early Australian versions.
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These days, sports gambling is legal in 39 states, accessible on your phone app in 30 and, in dozens of places, actually paying millions in sponsorship deals to the very college programs that disdain this kind of activity by their players.
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Despite the Reina Sofía’s many refusals to lend the work to various institutions around the world, its rebuff of the Guggenheim’s request carries a particular sting because the Basque Country has long held that the painting belongs in the place where the depicted tragedy occurred.
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The latest rebuff of state overreach was the dismissal last week of the highly questionable felony case against respected Waukegan City Clerk Janet Kilkelly brought by the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office.
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Where heat domes are hitting hardest in 2026 This summer’s extreme heat is not isolated to one region.
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First isolated in the 1940s by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been widely used to build nuclear arsenals by multiple countries.
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So, is The Pitt just overtly disrespecting certain cast members by leaving them off the ballot?
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Many feel disrespected by the social safety net.
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Social and physical pain share overlapping circuitry in the brain, and a large-scale meta-analysis identified the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex as the region most reliably activated by social rejection, the same region most associated with the experience of pain itself.
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At the end of the day, the college audition process has rejection.
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This look has the same sophisticated, polished feel of a suit moment without the dedication to stiff layers.
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Xavier Worthy #1 of the Kansas City Chiefs stiff arms Alex Highsmith #56 of the Pittsburgh Steelers during the third quarter at Acrisure Stadium on December 25, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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“Snub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snub. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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