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snub
[snuhb]
verb (used with object)
to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
Synonyms:to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or remark.
Synonyms: , ,to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out).
to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object.
to pull up or stop abruptly in such a manner.
noun
an act or instance of snubbing.
an affront, slight, or rebuff.
a sudden check given to a rope or cable running out, a moving boat, or the like.
adjective
(of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.
snub
/ ʌ /
verb
to insult (someone) deliberately
to stop or check the motion of (a boat, horse, etc) by taking turns of a rope or cable around a post or other fixed object
noun
a deliberately insulting act or remark
nautical
an elastic shock absorber attached to a mooring line
( as modifier )
a snub rope
adjective
short and blunt See also snub-nosed
Other Word Forms
- snubber noun
- snubbingly adverb
- ˈԳܲ noun
- ˈԳܲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of snub1
Word History and Origins
Origin of snub1
Example Sentences
After every Emmys, it’s de rigueur to write about shows that were “snubbed.”
"The prime minister was taken aback. She decided to snub these moves and hasten the passage of the amendment bill in the parliament," writes Prof Raghavan.
The snub was a gut punch to the clubhouse.
And Kristen Baldwin laments, it’s a shame “that Emmy voters almost certainly will continue to snub one of the best shows on TV, ‘Pachinko’!”
Benjamin Netanyahu may have been the first world leader invited to the Oval Office after Trump's inauguration, but in recent days, he seems to have been snubbed.
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