snub

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Conspicuously short.
2. Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
3. Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.

Noun

1. A deliberate affront or slight.
2. A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
3. (obsolete) A knot; a protuberance; a snag.

Verb

1. (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
2. (transitive) To turn down insultingly; to dismiss.
3. (transitive) To check; to reprimand.
4. (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc).
5. (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.
6. (transitive) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.

Verb

To sob with convulsions.

Sinonieme

rebuff

ignore

scorn

cut

slight

disregard

affront

despise

disparage

cold shoulder

snap at

disdain

repulse

snarl at

spurn

interrupt

flat

underestimate

stall

belittle

contemn

fix

scold

reject

repel

insult

look down upon

humiliate

stop

🛑

demur

defy

browbeat

dare

cut off

broad

antagonize

countercheck

break off

controvert

contravene

brave

antagonise

adjourn

excommunicate

downplay

dissent

contradict

dismissal

flippant

disgrace

Vertalings

desaire

brüskieren

snober

desairar

afsnauwen

affronto

repousser

stomp

despreciar

offenser

abstoppen

stoppen

🛑

περιφρονώ

affront

Brüskierung

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/snʌb/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: snubben

Verwante met Engels: snip

Verwante met Deens: snibbe

Verwante met Sweeds: snebba

Verwante met Nederlands: snuiven

Verwante met Duits: schnauben

Verwante met Duits: -

In summary

From Middle English snubben (also snibben), from Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove”), which, like the source of English snip, is probably imitative in some manner. Cognate with Danish snibbe, dialectal Swedish snebba.