snub

(Anglès)

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.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/snʌb/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: snubben

Cognat amb anglès: snip

Cognat amb danès: snibbe

Cognat amb suec: snebba

Cognat amb neerlandès: snuiven

Cognat amb alemany: schnauben

Cognat amb alemany: -

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.

Conceptes

menysprear

rebuig

repugnar

refús

desaire

Sinònims

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