snub

[snuhb]

verb (used with object)

snubbed, snubbing 

1. to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.

   Synonyms: slight

2. to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or remark.

   Synonyms: reprimand, reprove, stop

3. to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out).

4. to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object.

5. to pull up or stop abruptly in such a manner.

noun

1. an act or instance of snubbing.

2. an affront, slight, or rebuff.

3. a sudden check given to a rope or cable running out, a moving boat, or the like.

adjective

1. (of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.

2. blunt.

snub

/ snʌb /

verb

1. to insult (someone) deliberately

2. 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

1. a deliberately insulting act or remark

2. nautical

   1. an elastic shock absorber attached to a mooring line

   2. ( as modifier )

      a snub rope

adjective

1. short and blunt See also snub-nosed

Other Word Forms

• snubber noun
• snubbingly adverb
• snubby adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of snub¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English snubben, from Old Norse snubba “to scold, reprimand”; cognate with Middle Low German snūben

Word History and Origins

Origin of snub¹

C14: from Old Norse snubba to scold; related to Norwegian, Swedish dialect snubba to cut short, Danish snubbe

Example Sentences

But in a bush league snub, he chooses to be Commissioner Rob, not Commissioner Bob.

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Her decision to decline the invitation was described by the Welsh Conservatives as a "snub".

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In true diva fashion, Carey jokingly threw some shade at the music show for previous snubs as she received the award from Grande.

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Is that snubbing voters who took the power from politicians?

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I said to my husband, “The Emmy noms are coming out so I guess at some point someone’s going to be like, ‘Somebody Somewhere’ was snubbed.”

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Related Words

• boycott 
• disregard 
• humiliate 
• ignore 
• neglect 
• ostracize 
• pass up 
• rebuff 
• scold 
• scorn 
• shun