snubbed

verb

past tense of snub
1
as in rejected
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely the snob in town always snubbed anyone she thought was beneath her

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2
as in disdained
to show contempt for a social set that snubs anyone below their income bracket

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Recent Examples of snubbed Other than in the craft categories, Nolan’s films were traditionally snubbed because they were viewed as too genre and blockbuster for many years. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026 The play, which starred Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle, was snubbed at the Tonys but proved to be one of the strongest new draws of the spring and summer. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 July 2026 On that note, welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where ESPN snubbed the crap out of our great USA hockey teams. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 After the initial All-Star rosters were announced on July 5, the Philadelphia Phillies starter spoke openly about feeling snubbed. — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 14 July 2026 A week after being snubbed from the initial All-Star rosters, Wrobleski will replace Reds right-hander Chase Burns. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 Despite inviting over 1,000 people to her high-profile wedding with Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce, billionaire pop star Taylor Swift snubbed several important people in her life. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 9 July 2026 In 2014, the Dalai Lama visited Norway to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his Nobel Peace Prize but was snubbed by the entire Norwegian government, which caved to Chinese threats to halt fish imports. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026 But while Ayo Edebiri and late Hollywood legend Rob Reiner received nominations for their work on the show, star Jeremy Allen White was snubbed despite previously winning his category twice. — Dan Heching, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snubbed
  1. rejected
  2. disdained
  3. isolated
  4. disrespected
  5. repulsed
  6. hated
  7. cut
  8. despised
Verb
  • Sherrill rejected that request Tuesday, calling it unsupported by law.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
  • There were two outliers who rejected the idea that COVID was made in a lab and that the pandemic had resulted from a lab-leak.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of rejected
Verb
  • Raised in a household of voracious readers in suburban Philadelphia, her father a professor of Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania and her mother having worked for magazines, Sebold disdained the university’s frat culture.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • Musk has long disdained the norms that the executives who run giant public companies typically embrace.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Definition of disdained
Verb
  • Anthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models to reach the internet from testing environments that were supposed to be isolated, leading to unauthorized access to three organizations’ systems.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Workers isolated the affected system, restored a backup and restarted the plant in about 90 minutes, Mayor Nate George confirmed to CBS News.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of isolated
Verb
  • Kenzie completely rejects Corbin’s because Corbin, having disrespected her, is now dead to her.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • Many feel disrespected by the social safety net.
    — Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of disrespected
Verb
  • Philly may be shedding its second-fiddle status, but it remains entirely repulsed by frauds and underachievers.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Plenty of people bought it, plenty were repulsed by it.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of repulsed
Verb
  • Em also explains how the film's producers wanted John McTiernan to direct Die Hard, but the director hated the idea of terrorists, which was the original concept of the film.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • From Jeffrey’s team, Chloe’s remade dress, with an off-the-shoulder top and an awful mesh corset patch tied with a blue ribbon, is universally hated by the judges.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of hated
Verb
  • At the same time, the data shows, courts have severely cut the length of time many people are getting to prepare for complex immigration proceedings, from about six months to often just a little more than a month.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Using a paring knife, mark a smaller square inside each pastry square, leaving a 1/2 inch border (do not cut all the way through the dough).
    — Torie Cox, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of cut
Verb
  • This movie proved to be a huge hit, raking in over $230 million worldwide even though most critics despised it.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 24 July 2026
  • Along with his brilliant, sparkling wife, Princess Caroline, George Augustus equally despised his cold father.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026
Definition of despised

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