snubbed; snubbing
1
: to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
2
3
: to treat with contempt or neglect
snub an old acquaintance
4
: to extinguish by stubbing
snub out a cigarette
snubness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of snub in a Sentence
Verb
She snubbed me in the hallway.
He snubbed their job offer.
They deliberately snubbed the meeting.
Noun
he tolerated the snubs from his in-laws because the holidays come but once a year, thankfully
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
About lives of three women in Mumbai dealing with work and love and encroaching gentrification, the film, perhaps because of its portrayal of a growing wealth gap in India, was snubbed by India as its Oscar submission.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Despite Babb’s rotten luck, as Cerf put it, the editor’s snub wasn’t the defining element of her life and career.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Verb
In one of the best performances of Sissy Spacek’s career (and shame on all the awards-giving bodies who snubbed it), the Oscar winner plays a woman teetering on the edge of sanity, unsure not just of what is happening but when.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
About lives of three women in Mumbai dealing with work and love and encroaching gentrification, the film, perhaps because of its portrayal of a growing wealth gap in India, was snubbed by India as its Oscar submission.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
Prominent snubs included such amazing structures at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Stonehenge, and the Moai statues of Easter Island.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Despite Babb’s rotten luck, as Cerf put it, the editor’s snub wasn’t the defining element of her life and career.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Snub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snub. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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snub
1 of 3 verb
snubbed; snubbing
1
: to check or stop with a reply that hurts : rebuke
2
a
: to check (as a line) suddenly while running out especially by turning around a fixed object (as a post)
b
: to check the motion of by snubbing a line
3
: to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
4
: to put out by crushing
snubber
noun
snub
2 of 3 noun
: an act or an instance of snubbing
especially
: rebuff entry 2
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