snub
[verb]
Synonyms:
- put down, cold-shoulder, cut (informal), humiliate, rebuff, slight
[noun]
Synonyms:
- insult, affront, put-down, slap in the face

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Related Idioms: look coldly upon, turn a cold shoulder (on or upon)
Related Words: high-hat, ritz, swank, put down

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I. snub¹ /snʌb/ verb (past tense and past participle snubbed, present participle snubbing) [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse; Origin: snubba 'to criticize angrily']
to treat someone rudely, especially by ignoring them when you meet:
the boys who had snubbed her in high school

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II. snub² noun [countable]
an act of snubbing someone:
Eisenhower saw the action as a deliberate snub.

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snub
noun
ADJ. deliberate
VERB + SNUB deliver sb He took the opportunity to deliver us another snub.
receive
PREP. as a ~ | ~ for/to His cancellation of the concert was seen as a deliberate snub to the organizers.

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snub
verb
ADV. deliberately | publicly | rudely
PHRASES feel snubbed He was not invited to the party, and felt snubbed.

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