SNUFFLE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

snuffle

verb

Definition of snuffle

as in to sniff

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as in to sniffle

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Recent Examples of snuffle Fava snuffled and dawdled and took her own sweet time up the sidewalk. — Dan Kois, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025 Next to arrive is her disembodied trunk, with a mind of its own, snuffling out friends and enemies and food. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024 Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground. — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023 Local residents popped in to buy vegetables from a shack built out of recycled materials, while an enormous sow snuffled in the heather beside a vegetable garden. — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023 There is an amazing array of puzzles that require dogs to roll, shake, lick or snuffle a product to access food or treats. — Melanie D.g. Kaplan, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023 Two canines in Massachusetts are the first to be used by a law enforcement agency to snuffle the virus. — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2021

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffle

Verb

While exploring the neighborhood, his dog, Betty, took off and sprinted through the open door of an empty house, sniffing around yet completely at ease.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
The buck walked up to the dripper, sniffed it for a moment, and moved on.

— Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of sniff

Verb

Who among us has not experienced an inability to ignore repetitive tapping, clicking, chewing, smacking, and sniffling?

— Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Jurors reached for piles of tissues and audibly sniffled in the silence that fell between the audio playback, local outlets reported.

— USA Today, USA Today, 6 May 2026

Definition of sniffle

Verb

Ketamine comes in both liquid and powder form, and Jane Doe alleges she was forced to snort a white, powdery substance that she was told was ketamine.

— Violet Jira, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Brylan May, who met McCollough through her legal internship at the Writers Guild of America West in 2024, recalls once seeing McCollough snort a line of cocaine at a party and immediately throw up.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of snort

Verb

Unlike last year when Texas coach Steve Sarkisian whined about his non-conference schedule, his main complaint this year will be his conference schedule.

— Mac Engel October 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
This contract then frees me, within the pages of the notebook, to do anything—to write or draw, or paint, to whine and complain, to plot and scheme—to fail or succeed without fear.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of whine

Verb

Nighttime mouth breathing is associated with snoring, dry mouth, receding gums and sleep apnea, a disorder in which breathing stops repeatedly during sleep.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
Mouth taping promises an easy fix for snoring, dry mouth and restless nights, and your TikTok feed may already be full of influencers swearing by it.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of snore

Verb

And Dastmalchian, who portrays Bison with an emphasis on sniveling evil, struggles to quietly undercut the character’s cartoonishly menacing getup.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Dostoyevsky’s sniveling devil comes closest to portraying the man chiefly responsible for organizing the Final Solution.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of snivel

Verb

Alberto Sierra, who admitted to snuffing out the lives of his estranged wife and her two young daughters with a plastic Sedano’s Supermarket bag, should be executed for his crimes, a jury said Tuesday.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
Teair Tart pressured Patrick Mahomes into throwing an interception in the end zone to snuff out one of those drives.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of snuff

Verb

Zheng clinched with her first match point chance, serving an ace to Andreeva’s backhand side, then fell to the court sobbing with emotion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Five players and the referee tried to catch it, Steph recalled, while its owner sobbed on the sidelines.

— Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026

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