snubbed

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adjective
  1. 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.

  2. sharply rebuked or rejected: At my shouted challenge he backed off the stairs, slinking away like a snubbed lap dog.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of snub.

Origin of snubbed

1
First recorded in 1580–90; snub + -ed2 for the adjective senses; snub + -ed1 for the verb sense

Other words from snubbed

  • un·snubbed, adjective

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