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snuffle

noun

1 snuffle

The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested).

synonyms: sniffle, snivel.

verb

1 snuffle

Sniff or smell inquiringly.

synonym: snuff.

Roget 349: blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane etc. n.; wuther; stream, issue.    respire, breathe, puff; ... show more

Roget 409: hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle; fizz, fizzle; wheeze, whistle, snuffle; squash; sneeze; sizzle, swish.   

Roget 583: stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer; balbutiate, balbucinate, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together.    mumble, mutter; maud, mauder; ... show more

Roget 988: be impious etc. adj., profane, desecrate, blaspheme, revile, scoff; swear etc. (malediction) 908; commit sacrilege.    snuffle; ... show more

2 snuffle

Snuff up mucus through the nose.

synonym: snivel.

3 snuffle

Cry or whine with snuffling.

synonyms: blub, blubber, sniffle, snivel.

Dutch: grienen, sniffen, snotteren


Moby thesaurus: Aqua-Lung, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, artificial respiration, aspirate, aspiration, assibilate, assibilation, asthmatic wheeze, be hypocritical, blandish, blow, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing ... show more.

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