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Synonyms of the word 
SNUB → CUT - DISDAIN - DISREGARD - HANDLE - IGNORE - POOH-POOH - REBUFF - REJECT - REJECTION - REPEL - REPULSE - SCORN - SHORT - SLIGHT - SPURN - TREATsnub- adj. Conspicuously short.
- adj. (mathematics, of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.
- n. A deliberate affront or slight.
- n. A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
- n. (obsolete) A knot; a protuberance; a snag.
- v. (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
- v. (transitive) To turn down; to dismiss.
- v. (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc).
- v. (transitive) To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure…
- v. (transitive) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
- v. To sob with convulsions.
cut- adj. (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- adj. Reduced.
- adj. Omitted from a literary or musical work.
- adj. (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- adj. (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among…
- adj. (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Emotionally hurt.
- adj. Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
- adj. Removed from a team roster.
- adj. (New Zealand) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- n. An opening resulting from cutting.
- n. The act of cutting.
- n. The result of cutting.
- n. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- n. (specifically) An artificial navigation as distingished from a navigable river.
- n. A share or portion.
- n. (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the…
- n. (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also,…
- n. (golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained…
- n. (theater) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
- n. (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- n. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- n. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
- n. A slab, especially of meat.
- n. (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- n. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- n. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio…
- n. (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits…
- n. A haircut.
- n. (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- n. A string of railway cars coupled together.
- n. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- n. (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
- n. (slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
- n. A skein of yarn.
- v. (heading, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- v. (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- v. (transitive, heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
- v. (intransitive, film, audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
- v. (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- v. (transitive, computing) To remove and place in memory for later use.
- v. (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- v. (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- v. (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball…
- v. (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- v. (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
- v. (transitive, slang) To write.
- v. (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- v. (transitive) To exhibit (a quality).
- v. (transitive) To stop or disengage.
- v. (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball,…
disdain- n. (uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
- n. (obsolete) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
- n. (obsolete) The state of being despised; shame.
- v. (transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be indignant or offended.
disregard- n. The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard.
- v. To ignore; misregard.
handle- n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
- n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more…
- n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,…
- n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
- n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and…
- n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
- n. (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional…
- n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components…
- v. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- v. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- v. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- v. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- v. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- v. (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- v. (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
- v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
ignore- v. To deliberately pay no attention to.
- v. To pretend to not notice someone or something.
- v. (obsolete) Fail to notice.
pooh-pooh- v. (transitive) To dismiss idly with contempt or derision.
rebuff- n. A sudden resistance or refusal.
- n. Repercussion, or beating back.
- v. To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
- v. To buff again.
reject- v. (transitive) To refuse to accept.
- v. (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- n. Something that is rejected.
- n. (derogatory slang) An unpopular person.
rejection- n. The act of rejecting.
- n. The state of being rejected.
- n. (sports) A blocked shot.
repel- v. (now rare) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
- v. To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
- v. To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
- v. To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
- v. (physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force.
- v. To cause repulsion, cause dislike.
- v. (transitive, sports) To save (a shot).
repulse- v. to repel or drive back.
- v. to reject or rebuff.
- v. to cause revulsion.
- n. the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- n. refusal, rejection or repulsion.
scorn- v. (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
- v. (intransitive) To scoff, express contempt.
- v. (transitive) To reject, turn down.
- v. (transitive) To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
- n. (uncountable) Contempt or disdain.
- n. (countable) A display of disdain; a slight.
- n. (countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
short- adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
- adj. Having little duration; opposite of long.
- adj. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of…
- adj. (cricket, Of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
- adj. (cricket, Of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
- adj. (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
- adj. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread,…
- adj. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
- adj. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- adj. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
- adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- adj. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
- adj. In a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying…
- adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- adv. Unawares.
- adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- adv. (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing…
- adv. (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- n. A short circuit.
- n. A short film.
- n. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size.
- n. (baseball) A shortstop.
- n. (finance) A short seller.
- n. (finance) A short sale.
- n. A summary account.
- n. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
- n. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- v. (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- v. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
- v. (transitive) To shortchange.
- v. (transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
- v. (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for…
- v. (obsolete) To shorten.
- prep. Deficient in.
- prep. (finance) Having a negative position in.
slight- adj. Small in amount, gentle, or weak,; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant;…
- adj. Not stout or heavy; slender.
- adj. (regional) Even, smooth or level; still (of the sea).
- adj. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
- adj. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).
- v. To treat as slight or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- v. To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
- v. To act negligently or carelessly.
- v. (military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- v. To make even or level.
- v. To throw heedlessly.
- n. The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
- n. (obsolete) Sleight.
spurn- v. (transitive, intransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
- v. (transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
- v. (transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity).
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.
- n. An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
- n. A kick; a blow with the foot.
- n. (obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
- n. A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
treat- v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
- v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
- v. (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
- v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
- v. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
- v. (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to;…
- v. (transitive) To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
- v. (transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in…
- v. To provide something special and pleasant.
- n. An entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
- n. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
- n. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
- n. (obsolete) An entreaty.
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