to treat with disdain or contempt, esp. by ignoring.

to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or remark.

to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out).

to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object.

to pull up or stop abruptly in such a manner.

an act or instance of snubbing.

an affront, slight, or rebuff.

a sudden check given to a rope or cable running out, a moving boat, or the like.

(of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.

blunt.

verb

be friendly , include , socialize , welcome

verb

act cool , boycott , brush off * , burr , censure , chill , cool , cut , cut dead , disdain , disregard , duck , give the brush , humble , humiliate , ice * , ice out , ignore , look coldly upon , look right through , mortify , neglect , not give time of day , offend , ostracize , pass up , put down , put the chill on , rebuff , scold , scorn , scratch , shame , shun , slight , slur , snob , swank , upstage , spurn , cold shoulder , nip , quell , rebuke , remark , repress , reprimand , reproach , restrain , slap , stop

noun

cut , rebuff , spurn