snub
verb (used with object)
to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
has snubbed
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present perfectof snub (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Fortunately, BBC One's latest drama, which begins on Sunday, has snubbed unstoppable luxury cruise ships in favour of a murder mystery on board a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2021
A pianist poses as a teenage prodigy to fool a concert impresario who has snubbed her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
With appearance money banned in official PGA Tour events, the 14-time major champion has snubbed the event since 2010.
From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2013
But she has snubbed some early supporters, among them the financier George Soros, ignoring his pleas for a substantive meeting on the economy with the president.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2012
He has snubbed my views and me two or three times lately.
From Eleanor by Mrs. Humphry Ward
