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101snub — 1. verb they snubbed their hosts Syn: rebuff, spurn, repulse, cold shoulder, brush off, give the cold shoulder to, keep at arm s length; ignore; insult, slight, affront, humiliate; informal freeze out, stiff 2. noun a very public snub Syn …
102boycott — v 1. abstain from, refrain from, forbear, desist from, restrain from, hold back from voluntarily; refuse, rebuff, decline, reject, spurn; avoid, stay away from, eschew, shun; ignore, pass over, slight, disdain, scorn; blacklist, bar, exclude,… …
103cut — v 1. gash, slash, lance, slit, slice; notch, ridge, Cookery. score; sever, abscind, split, carve, cleave, sunder; rend, rive, tear, rip; divide, section, apportion; dissect, cut apart, anatomize, disjoint, quarter; disjoin, disunite, dismember. 2 …
104repulse — v 1. repel, drive back, drive away, chase out; defeat, overthrow, rout, squelch; thwart, stem, check, frustrate, impede, hinder; resist, defend, oppose, confront, counteract, countervail, make a stand. 2. reject, rebuff, repudiate, spurn, veto,… …
105slight — 1. adjective 1) the chance of success is slight Syn: small, tiny, minute, negligible, insignificant, minimal, remote, slim, faint 2) Elizabeth s slight figure Syn: slim, slend …
106snub — 1. verb sponsors find themselves snubbed by politicians Syn: rebuff, spurn, cold shoulder, cut (dead), ignore, insult, slight; informal freeze out; N.Amer.; informal stiff 2. noun a very public snub Syn: rebuff, slap in the face …
107brush — I [[t]brʌʃ[/t]] n. 1) an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like and a handle, used for painting, cleaning, grooming, etc 2) mad either of a pair of wire bristled, brushlike devices used to mark a soft rhythmic beat on drums or… …
108check — [n1] inspection, examination analysis, audit, checkup, control, inquiry, investigation, poll, rein, research, review, scrutiny, test; concept 103 check [n2] restraint, hindrance blow, constraint, control, curb, damper, disappointment, frustration …
109defeat — [n1] overthrow, beating ambush, annihilation, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing*, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess,… …
110repulse — [ri puls′] vt. repulsed, repulsing [< L repulsus, pp. of repellere,REPEL] 1. to drive back; repel, as an attack 2. to repel with discourtesy, coldness, indifference, etc.; refuse, reject, or rebuff 3. to be repulsive, or disgusting, to n. [L… …
