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
- Despite her excitement to see her old friends, she felt a sharp snub when they ignored her arrival
- He tried to make a joke, but his peers gave him a cold snub that silenced the room
- The actress felt the snub of not being invited to the awards ceremony, despite her performance being highly praised
- To his dismay, the committee’s decision felt like a snub to all his hard work and dedication
- She chose to snub the offer, feeling it didn't align with her values or ambitions
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