Synonyms of stiffing

stiffing

verb

present participle of stiff

1

as in isolating

to deliberately ignore or treat rudely

the actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events

Synonyms & Similar Words

• isolating
• rejecting
• cutting
• snubbing
• repulsing
• slighting
• stiff-arming
• repelling
• neglecting
• cold-shouldering
• forgetting
• high-hatting
• ostracizing
• spurning
• disdaining
• overlooking
• rebuffing
• scorning
• disregarding
• brushing (aside or off)
• passing over
• shrugging off
• overpassing

2

as in cheating

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

customers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company claiming to sell designer handbags

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheating
• squeezing
• screwing
• hustling
• sticking
• stinging
• plucking
• beating
• doing
• defrauding
• shortchanging
• bilking
• bleeding
• fleecing
• victimizing
• deceiving
• suckering
• conning
• reaming
• swindling
• shorting
• tricking
• mulcting
• rooking
• exploiting
• hosing
• chiseling
• betraying
• diddling
• fiddling
• chiselling
• gaffing
• cozening
• skinning
• shaking down
• extorting
• fooling
• nobbling
• ripping off
• flimflamming
• doing in
• thimblerigging
• gouging
• overcharging
• chousing
• euchring
• skunking
• taking for a ride
• nicking
• wrenching
• taking to the cleaners
• clipping
• selling a bill of goods to
• milking
• soaking
• wringing
• duping
• gulling
• wresting
• bitching
• bamboozling
• double-crossing
• roping (in)
• fast-talking