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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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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
The actress previously starred in Gilligan’s AMC series Better Call Saul, which despite critical acclaim was largely snubbed by the major award shows.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
The guild’s voters snubbed every non-English-language movie in the field, including Moura and the rest of his Neon brethren.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Notably snubbed is her bestie and costar Cynthia Erivo, who also was not among this year’s Critics Choice nominees.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Though it was sadly snubbed at the Academy Awards, Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart is still a breathtaking directorial debut.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
The 2020 first-round pick, who was signed to a lucrative extension ahead of the 2024 season, has been snubbed before.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 Dec. 2025
Despite losing to Georgia in the conference championship game, DeBoer's Crimson Tide earned one of this year's 12 CFP spots, potentially riling up coaches and fans from other programs who felt their teams got snubbed.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The timing of when voting begins for the Recording Academy falls out of step with the rest of awards season, causing further confusion about who has been snubbed and what is surprising.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Follow along to see who got nominated, who was snubbed and who surprised us all.
—Jennifer McClellan, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
The guild’s voters snubbed every non-English-language movie in the field, including Moura and the rest of his Neon brethren.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Notably snubbed is her bestie and costar Cynthia Erivo, who also was not among this year’s Critics Choice nominees.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Though it was sadly snubbed at the Academy Awards, Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart is still a breathtaking directorial debut.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
The 2020 first-round pick, who was signed to a lucrative extension ahead of the 2024 season, has been snubbed before.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 Dec. 2025
Despite losing to Georgia in the conference championship game, DeBoer's Crimson Tide earned one of this year's 12 CFP spots, potentially riling up coaches and fans from other programs who felt their teams got snubbed.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The timing of when voting begins for the Recording Academy falls out of step with the rest of awards season, causing further confusion about who has been snubbed and what is surprising.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Follow along to see who got nominated, who was snubbed and who surprised us all.
—Jennifer McClellan, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snubbed
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a liberal Democrat with a pragmatist bent, instantly rejected the suggestion that Mamdani represented the new face of the Democratic Party.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
12 Jan. 2026
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Demonstrators argued that taxpayer money should not be used to harm or kill innocent people and rejected claims that the killing of Good was an act of self-defense.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Even if the 23rd French president’s time behind bars is cut short, the sound of any jailhouse door hitting him in the rear would be a sweet one for the many, many who disdained his right-wing politics and spectacular thirst for attention.—
Alexandra Marshall,
Air Mail,
1 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Longbow designed the cabin to keep drivers involved rather than isolated.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Public conversations about loneliness tend to collapse a distinction between feeling lonely and being socially isolated—the latter is an objective state that doesn’t inevitably mean a person feels the negative emotions of loneliness.—
Jenny Singer,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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While the Steelers might be disrespected on a national scale after an up-and-down season, the Texans can't take the bait.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Employees said they felt disrespected by the process and disrupted from their prior jobs, which included coaching new teachers, providing restorative justice programs and offering specialized services like those for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
30 Dec. 2025
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For reasons that are quite possibly too unbearable to contemplate, a large group of American voters was not repulsed by such slander—they were actually aroused by it—and our politics have not been the same.—
Jeffrey Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Nicole is the kind of wife who moves out of her father’s home into her husband’s home, and who has been taught to be repulsed by the mushroom spores covering her body, just like all the women in their community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Christian Braun hated the view from the sideline.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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The pioneers of punk music did it because the mainstream crowd hated it.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Carolina cut the lead 17-14 at halftime after a 1-yard touchdown run by Hubbard and a 16-yard scramble by Young, the second-longest TD run of his career.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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This same staff cut him to make room for a waiver-wire claim before the start of the 2024 season.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Trump took decisive action Saturday in launching precision military strikes in Venezuela that enabled special forces to seize and detain Maduro, an illegitimate leader despised by his own people.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Jan. 2026
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While sweet gum is known and appreciated for its lovely fall color, it is also despised for its seeds.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
30 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Snubbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snubbed. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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