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All burring synonyms

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verb burring

  • give someone the cold shoulder β€” to treat someone in a cold manner; snub
  • ostracize β€” to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
  • disregard β€” to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • scold β€” to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
  • boycott β€” If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it.
  • ignore β€” to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • scorn β€” open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
  • shun β€” to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
  • neglect β€” to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • rebuff β€” a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
  • humiliate β€” to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
  • pass up β€” to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
  • mortify β€” to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
  • upstage β€” on or toward the back of the stage.
  • duck β€” any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
  • cut β€” If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
  • humble β€” not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
  • slight β€” small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
  • slur β€” to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
  • scratch β€” to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • disdain β€” to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
  • ice β€” the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
  • swank β€” dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.
  • shame β€” the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
  • snob β€” a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
  • censure β€” If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
  • burr β€” A burr is the part of some plants which contains seeds and which has little hooks on the outside so that it sticks to clothes or fur.
  • offend β€” to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
  • cool β€” Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
  • chill β€” When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
  • brush off β€” If someone brushes you off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you.
  • put down β€” a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
  • cut dead β€” to snub completely
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