snub

IPA: snˈʌb

noun

  • A deliberate affront or slight.
  • A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
  • (obsolete) A knot; a protuberance; a snag.

verb

  • (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
  • (transitive) To turn down insultingly; to dismiss.
  • (transitive) To check; to reprimand.
  • (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc).
  • (transitive) To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.
  • (transitive) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
  • To sob with convulsions.

adjective

  • Conspicuously short.
  • (of a nose) Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
  • (mathematics, of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.
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Examples of "snub" in Sentences

  • Maids may snub Malaysia.
  • For what were you snubbed
  • The King snubbed the Queen.
  • The man snubbed his friend.
  • He was hurt after being snubbed.
  • He studied hard not to be snubbed.
  • He has a habit of snubbing others.
  • He noticed that she was snubbing him.
  • The AESC continued to snub the government.
  • He often snubs other people with criticism.

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