snubbedadj.
/snʌbd/ 1. Checked, restrained; repressed by snubbing.
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the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective]
dejectc1528
broken1535
abased1554
come1564
downfallen1575
snubbed1583
crestfallen1589
humiliate1593
plume-plucked1597
low-broughta1599
chop-fallen1604
chap-fallen1608
dejected1608
humbleda1616
unprided1628
diminished1667
mortified1710
small1771
humiliated1782
squelched1837
grovelleda1845
sat-upon1873
comedown1886
deflated1894
zapped1962
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [adjective] > restrained
bridled1567
retent1568
restrained1578
controlled1581
snubbed1583
retained1592
retentive1599
curbed1600
repressed1606
stifleda1643
suspense1667
light1740
reined-in1740
checked1793
reined-up1835
reticent1877
snaffled1877
directed1891
1583 G. Babington Briefe Conf. Frailtie & Faith 47 Their snubbed hearts would cal their snubbes to remembraunce.
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 210 The snubbed children of a family are apt to be better than the spoiled ones.
1895 G. Meredith Amazing Marriage I. xii. 136 O but she was a snubbed young woman last night!
2.
a. Turned up and flattened at the tip.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose
cammed?c1350
camoisc1380
snatteda1387
camoisedc1515
flat1560
hawked1577
rising1606
simous1634
aquiline1646
Roman1665
snoutya1685
suspense1697
rhinocerical1710
rhinocerotic1755
Bardolphian1756
cock-up1763
bridgeless1772
retroussé1802
snubbed1802
snubbish1828
snubby1828
snipish1834
snub1843
pugged1847
puggisha1849
tip-tilted1872
saddleback1897
beak-sharp1933
spitzy1968
1802 H. Martin Helen of Glenross I. 70 Mr. Isaac now saw beyond his nose, (no great distance, by the bye, for it is vulgarly snubbed).
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack viii. 42 His nose [was] snubbed.
1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales cviii A broad face, grey eyes, a snubbed nose [etc.].
b. Shortened, stumpy.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective]
stoba1500
stubbeda1529
stubbleda1529
strunt1577
stumpy1600
chubby1611
stumpish1618
chubbed1674
squat1684
chubbish1685
chub1688
squabbed1694
cloddy1712
clavellated1713
pluggy1720
squab1723
puddy1747
tubbish1786
stunt1788
bunting1808–25
dumpy1808
clumpy1820
dubby1825
stubby1831
chunky1833
snubbed1835
tubby1835
pudgy1862
squatty1881
squidgy1891
1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West I. iii. 27 With swallow-tailed sterns, snubbed bows, and black hulls.
1903 Trans. Inst. Naval Architects 45 26 Conditions in which you may have the ‘snubbed’ finish of the curve of areas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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