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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
Despite a decisive Fan Vote win, first-time nominees New Edition were snubbed for an induction, as was Mariah Carey on her third consecutive nomination.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
Guerin snubbed the forward from Team USA’s Olympic roster this year, despite leading all Americans in points.
—Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026
Harden is an 11-time All-Star who was arguably snubbed from the NBA’s exhibition classic this season after playing so well for the Clippers.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Super Mario Galaxy was graced with an A-CinemaScore from audiences despite being snubbed by many critics.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2026
Most notably, Johnson snubbed Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur's handshake attempt after Chicago beat Green Bay 31-27 in the NFC Wild Card.
—Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
The Naismith consideration further strengthens the argument that Ejiofor was snubbed for one of the 15 spots on the Associated Press’ All-America teams.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
Burke, a 6-foot-6, 259-pound defensive lineman, was surprisingly snubbed by the scouts who vote on the combine attendees.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026
Despite those nods and solid reviews for his performance, Plemons was snubbed in the Oscars' Best Actor category.
—Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
Guerin snubbed the forward from Team USA’s Olympic roster this year, despite leading all Americans in points.
—Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026
Harden is an 11-time All-Star who was arguably snubbed from the NBA’s exhibition classic this season after playing so well for the Clippers.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Super Mario Galaxy was graced with an A-CinemaScore from audiences despite being snubbed by many critics.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2026
Most notably, Johnson snubbed Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur's handshake attempt after Chicago beat Green Bay 31-27 in the NFC Wild Card.
—Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
The Naismith consideration further strengthens the argument that Ejiofor was snubbed for one of the 15 spots on the Associated Press’ All-America teams.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
Burke, a 6-foot-6, 259-pound defensive lineman, was surprisingly snubbed by the scouts who vote on the combine attendees.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026
Despite those nods and solid reviews for his performance, Plemons was snubbed in the Oscars' Best Actor category.
—Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snubbed
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At one point, Iran asked to move its games to Mexico, but that request was rejected.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Voters in a 1986 retention election rejected Rose Bird, the chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and two liberal colleagues, over dissatisfaction with decisions overturning numerous death penalty sentences.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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At his behest Aurangzeb—who disdained poetry—sent agents across India and Persia to assemble a literary circle befitting her.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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In Sondheim’s body of work, Okrent searches for the autobiographical resonances that Sondheim himself mostly disdained.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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If one platform gets breached, unique passwords keep the damage isolated to that one account.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Add to that the stresses of living in a small environment with other people and trying to accomplish a lot of tasks in a habitat that is isolated and dangerous.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Bugles are very disrespected these days.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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That’s the kind of corporate doublespeak that makes consumers feel cheated and disrespected.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Pheidippides, legendary Greek hēmerodromos, or courier, who is popularly believed to have run 40 km (about 25 miles) from the battlefield at Marathon to Athens in 490 bce, to report that the Athenians, in a single afternoon, had repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
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Republicans, meanwhile, hated everything that Democrats loved about Obama and often tilted into grotesque smears.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Pahlavi is the son of Iran’s former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, Bass has proposed cutting entirely the Animal Services Department’s annual budget for food, which was $200,000 last year, and also slashing the medical supplies budget to $49,000, from $388,000 last year.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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But now that the post-pandemic boom has well and truly gone bust, just showing up with a great looking timepiece isn’t going to cut it.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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Meanwhile, Larysa was stuck in Belarus, a country allied with Russia that Nataliia despised and had refused to move to, despite her daughter’s many pleas.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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This election is a profound game-changer, not only for the people, but also the arts, liberating all those who were despised, sidelined or silenced by the corrupt regime.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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