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snubbed

[ snuhbd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

treated with disdain or contempt, especially by being ignored:
Some of the snubbed actors on this list have managed to snag a nomination or two, but none of them ever won despite incredible talent and hard work.
sharply rebuked or rejected:
At my shouted challenge he backed off the stairs, slinking away like a snubbed lap dog.

Origin of snubbed¹

First recorded in 1580–90; snub ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; snub ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

That's fine—excellent TV shows are snubbed all the time by these awards organizations.

It deserves all the trophies in the world, and yet still somehow was snubbed for Drama Series at the most recent Emmys.

But when it comes to drama, a series of A-listers got snubbed.

While fans of snubbed teams will be furious, or dispirited, or both, Wellman will crush in the aftermath of Tourney selection.

But, lesbihonest, it definitely looks like a snubbed Miley was trying for some tongue.

But the particular Private Secretary of your answerer being not up to his work you get snubbed.

I snubbed Garboard, twitted Oxley and played the very dickens with the flagship's midshipmen.

Her sympathy with a great soldier snubbed, an active man rusting, kept her from remonstrance.

She was a manageable woman; the same scourge had its instant wholesome effect on her when she snubbed the secretary.

When he snubbed carefully the noose drew close around the stake, and the latter held.

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