Treated someone disrespectfully by ignoring them or rejecting them coldly.
From Old Norse 'snubba' meaning to rebuke. It entered English around 1600, originally meaning to check or rebuke sharply, then evolved to mean deliberate social coldness.
Being snubbed hurts more than overt rejection because it's public and ambiguous—the person can pretend they didn't see you, which is actually crueler than a direct 'no.'
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