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- Dictionarysnub/snəb/
verb
- 1. rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully: "he snubbed faculty members and students alike"
- 2. check the movement of (a horse or boat), especially by a rope wound around a post: "a horse snubbed to a tree"
noun
- 1. an act of showing disdain or a lack of cordiality by rebuffing or ignoring someone or something: "he couldn't help thinking that the whole thing was meant to be taken as a snub"
adjective
- 1. (of a person's or animal's nose) short and turned up at the end: "snub-nosed"
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The meaning of SNUB is to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke. How to use snub in a sentence.
To snub is to ignore or refuse to acknowledge someone. If you want to snub your former best friend, you can refuse to even look at her when you pass in the hallway. When you snub someone, you deliver an insult by pretending to not even notice someone that you know.
an insult that involves not giving someone any attention or treating them as if they are not important: I simply didn't recognize her and apparently she took it as a snub. Vice presidents often feel offended by real and perceived snubs. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
If you snub someone, you deliberately insult them by ignoring them or by behaving or speaking rudely towards them.
1. To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight. 2. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of. 3. Nautical. a. To check the movement of (a rope or cable running out) by turning it quickly about a post or cleat. b. To secure (a vessel, for example) in this manner. 4. To stub out (a cigarette, for example). n. 1.
To treat with scorn, contempt, disdain, etc.; behave coldly toward; slight or ignore. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of. To check suddenly the outward movement of (a rope, cable, etc.) by turning it around a fixed object, as a post.
snub something to refuse to attend or accept something, for example as a protest synonym boycott. All the country's leading players snubbed the tournament. Word Origin. See snub in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: snub. Definition of snub verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
SNUB meaning: to be rude to someone, especially by not speaking to them. Learn more.
snub (to somebody) an action or a comment that is deliberately rude in order to show somebody that you do not like or respect them synonym insult Her refusal to attend the dinner is being seen as a deliberate snub to the president.
snub meaning, definition, what is snub: to treat someone rudely, especially by i...: Learn more.
