n. 25B6; verb they snubbed their hosts : REBUFF, spurn, repulse, cold-shoulder, brush off, give the cold shoulder to, keep at arm's length; cut (dead), ignore; insult, slight, affront, humiliate; informal freeze out, knock back; N. Amer. informal stiff.
25B6; noun a very public snub : REBUFF, repulse, slap in the face; humiliation, insult, slight, affront; informal brush-off, put-down.