SNUFFS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

snuffs

verb

present tense third-person singular of snuff

as in sniffs

to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose the dog began barking as soon as she snuffed the scent of squirrel

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as in assassinates

to put to death deliberately the proprietor of the boarding house had apparently snuffed almost 50 old men before she was caught

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Recent Examples of snuffs Then is too stoic to open up, but then the appearance of the book magically snuffs out that flicker of tension. —

Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2025

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Verb

In the video, Chilli sniffs large bricks to locate the scent a trainer shared with him.

— Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Tovar is the one officer who immediately sniffs out that there’s something weird about Gacy, and Luna incrementally nudges the character further and further into obsession.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025