snub

v

1. slight, turn one's back upon, U.S. Sl. brush off, turn up one's nose at, Sl. ritz, Inf. high-hat; cut, give the cold shoulder to, Inf. cold-shoulder, Inf. put the freeze on, look coldly upon; keep at arm's length, avoid, shun, stand or hold aloof; make light of, take no account of; pay no attention or regard to, sneeze at; overlook, disregard, ignore, take no notice of, blink or wink at, neglect, forget; push aside, set aside, let pass; gloss over, pass by or over, skip or skim over, pass up, give [s.o.] the go-by; omit, cut out; reject, rebuff, slam the door in [s.o.'s] face; not trouble oneself about, dismiss from one's thoughts or mind, leave out of consideration; exclude, keep out.

2. insult, affront, Sl. put down, Sl. cut up, give offense to, disoblige; call names, Sl. rank out, fling dirt at, slap in the face; denounce, decry, disparage, discredit, vilipend, depreciate, minimize; disdain, contemn, scout, flout; scorn, spurn, deride, misprize, jeer, ridicule, mock, scoff, laugh in or up one's sleeve at; burlesque, lampoon, make a fool of, guy, twit, gibe at, taunt, fleer; heckle, hoot, hiss, catcall, boo; abuse, wrong, vilify, impugn, traduce, slur, calumniate; blaspheme, profane, take [s.o.'s] name in vain; malign, defame, denigrate, slander, libel, Inf. backbite; humiliate, belittle, put to shame, disgrace, degrade; offend, injure, hurt, hurt the feelings of, harm, ill-treat, smart, wound, damage.

3. embarrass, disconcert, abash, mortify, Inf. gross out, upset; confuse, fluster, ruffle, discountenance, distract, discompose, confound.

4. check, arrest, bridle, rein, stop, curb; squelch, squash, quash, Inf. put the kibosh on, Inf. kibosh, nip, nip in the bud; curtail, shorten, abbreviate, cut short, cut off short, clip; reprove, rebuke, reprimand, censure; admonish, reprehend, upbraid, chide, put [s.o.] in his place; oppose, cross, rebuff, repel, withstand.

n

5. slight, cold shoulder, coldness, indifference, neglect, disregard, ignoring, the go-by; inattention, nonobservance, oversight, omission; rejection, denial, repulse; rebuff, short answer, hard words, tartness, acerbity, acrimony; rebuke, reproof, reprimand, chiding, reproach.

6. affront, insult, slur, dig, barb, Sl. cut, spurn, Sl. put-down, slap in the face; abuse, contumely, contempt, disdain, scorn; repudiation, disparagement, be-littlement, depreciation; derision, ridicule, sarcasm, mockery, scoffing, sneering; flout, gibe, jeer, taunt, fling, quip; hoot, hiss, catcall, sibilation; obscenity, vulgarity, blasphemy, profanity, scurrility.

7. rudeness, disrespect, ill-treatment; offense, indignity, discourtesy, uncourteousness, incivility, dishonor, outrage; humiliation, degradation, abasement, mortification; provocation, kick in the pants, vexation, irritation, annoyance.

adj

8. snubby, snubbed, pug-nosed, turned-up; blunt, stumpy, thickset, stocky, stodgy.