snub

Meaning

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

Verb

To sob with convulsions.

Synonyms

rebuff

cut

ignore

scorn

slight

disregard

affront

repulse

spurn

disparage

snap at

snarl at

disdain

despise

cold shoulder

stop

🛑

interrupt

stall

fix

flat

reject

look down upon

repel

underestimate

belittle

scold

humiliate

insult

contemn

derogate

disconnect

discontinue

discouragement

disgrace

dismissal

dissent

downplay

excommunicate

flippant

flout

gainsay

go against

high-hat

hold out

hurt

intercept

intermit

lecture

look down on

miff

mock

mockery

negative

object

objurgation

oppose

ostracize

outface

play down

protest

put down

reaction

rebuke

refusal

rejection

reprehension

reproach

reproof

reproval

resist

scram

scrimp

sever

shock absorption

shun

slap

snoot

snub nose

spite

stand

standing

stand out

stand up

stand-up

suspend

truncate

vilify

vote down

ward off

wigging

withstand

hold in contempt

take offense

repugn

abuse

unsharped

turn thumbs down

emergency braking

hard braking

give stick

abort

adjourn

admonition

antagonise

antagonize

balkiness

beard

blunt

brave

break off

broad

browbeat

buck

carp

cease

chide

comeuppance

contradict

contravene

controvert

countercheck

cut off

dare

defy

demur

denial

denigrate

depreciate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/snʌb/

Etymology

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.