snub
verb/snʌb/
/snʌb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snub | /snʌb/ /snʌb/ |
| he / she / it snubs | /snʌbz/ /snʌbz/ |
| past simple snubbed | /snʌbd/ /snʌbd/ |
| past participle snubbed | /snʌbd/ /snʌbd/ |
| -ing form snubbing | /ˈsnʌbɪŋ/ /ˈsnʌbɪŋ/ |
- snub somebody to show a lack of respect for somebody, especially by ignoring them when you meet synonym cold-shoulder
- I tried to be friendly, but she snubbed me completely.
- He was not invited to the party, and felt snubbed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deliberately
- publicly
- rudely
- …
- feel snubbed
- 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 OriginMiddle English (as a verb, originally in the sense ‘rebuke with sharp words’): from Old Norse snubba ‘chide, check the growth of’. The adjective dates from the early 18th cent.
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