snubbing

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noun

The act by which someone is snubbed; a rebuke.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of snub
nounsnubbing (plural snubbings)

plural snubbings

  1. The act by which someone is snubbed; a rebuke.

    After many skirmishes and snubbings, the ambitious pair were considered effectually quenched and went about with forlorn faces, which were rather belied by explosions of laughter when the two got together.

    1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
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