[
UK
/snˈʌb/
]
[ US /ˈsnəb/ ]
[ US /ˈsnəb/ ]
VERB
-
reject outright and bluntly
She snubbed his proposal -
refuse to acknowledge
She cut him dead at the meeting
NOUN
-
a refusal to recognize someone you know
the snub was clearly intentional - an instance of driving away or warding off
ADJECTIVE
-
unusually short
a snub nose
How To Use snub In A Sentence
- Coat color colorful monkeys snub - nosed monkey is unique to China.
- Allen missed 14 of his first 19 shots - a day after the six-time All-Star was snubbed from the newest All-Star team. USATODAY.com - Basketball - Chicago vs. Seattle
- Such a result is a snub to traditional Labour policy - at least that's what you might think.
- The fans are snubbing live BSkyB coverage of the Premier League at ￡304 million over five years.
- They get snubbed and the snubber gets snuffed out. Maureen Dowd picks up "a vibe so weird and jittery, so at odds with the early thrilling, fairy dust feel of the Obama revolution."
- She didn't approach the door but paced the hall, her snub nose wrinkled at the sour smell of urine and smoke.
- She has a snub nose and hair that once was golden.
- Throw in what Dorsey took as a snub by Rhodes, and the big fella was ready to brawl from the opening tip. USATODAY.com
- The Indochinese tiger, Asian elephant and endemic species like the saola, Tonkin snub-nosed monkey and Siamese crocodile are on the verge of extinction in the country. Javan rhino driven to extinction in Vietnam, conservationists say
- The government denied the logging ban was an election stunt and said the state's conservationists had failed a test of their credibility by snubbing efforts to save the forest.
