snub
Deliberate social slight
A snub is a deliberate act of ignoring or dismissing someone, typically to show disdain or assert superiority: The Oscar snub surprised everyone.
To snub someone is to treat them with pointed coldness or refuse to acknowledge them: She snubbed him at the party.
Snub also describes something short and turned up: a snub nose.
To snub a rope is to check its movement suddenly by winding it around a post.
Abrupt, curt rejection
- cold shoulderIntentional dismissive treatment
- brushoffAbrupt, curt rejection
- spurnRefuse with contempt
- shunDeliberately keep away
ostracize · exclude · ignore · slight · dismiss · overlook · neglect · marginalize
Deliberate public insult
- slightMinor or thin
- put-downDisparaging remark
- disrespectLack of regard
- offenseViolation or umbrage
indignity · slap in the face · dig · humiliation · disparagement · belittlement · discourtesy · rudeness
Disdainful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
superciliousness · sneer · aloofness · dismissiveness · arrogance · snobbery · disdainfulness · coolness
rebuff
Abrupt, curt rejection
- cold shoulderIntentional dismissive treatment
- brushoffAbrupt, curt rejection
- spurnRefuse with contempt
shun · ostracize · exclude · ignore · slight · dismiss · overlook · neglect · marginalize · disregard
affront
Deliberate public insult
- slightMinor or thin
- put-downDisparaging remark
- disrespectLack of regard
offense · indignity · slap in the face · dig · humiliation · disparagement · belittlement · discourtesy · rudeness · incivility
contempt
Disdainful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
haughtiness · superciliousness · sneer · aloofness · dismissiveness · arrogance · snobbery · disdainfulness · coolness · frostiness
upturned
Rotated to face above
- social blundersgaffe, faux pas, misstep, blooper, flub
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- music criticismcritic, album reviews, critique, review score, album review
- dismissalsgo away, get out, leave, scram, beat it
- low blowscheap shot, low blow, sucker punch, below the belt, hit below the belt
- being overlookedneglect, dismissal, unnoticed, oversight, disregard
- snub noseShort, upturned nasal shape
- snub nose revolver
- Hall of Fame snubWorthy candidate denied induction
- snub-nosed monkeyPrimate lacking nasal projection