snub
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6.6
- noun
- /snʌb/
:
desaire
- The decision to exclude her from the team felt like a personal snub.
Examples
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Beijing, however, sent a low-level diplomat to the meeting in what observers considered a snub to the others.
Academic text (2010) -
And one thing I've seen is that in terms of who hates me, in terms of where I get the most decisive snubs, it's academia.
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It was the big snub of the night.
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I've had a few snubs from other artists over having lowered myself to do this sort of thing.
Fiction book (1995) -
John still hasn't got over the insults and snubs that came after his divorce.
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The actress received a snub when she was not invited to the premiere.
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Everyone noticed the snub when he ignored his colleague at the party.
Synonyms
61
4.2
Not paying attention to something on purpose
16
5.5
Refusing to speak to someone to show you are angry or upset
8
4.6
To ignore someone on purpose to show you dislike them
4
7.8
An act of refusing to speak to or notice someone
3
7.0
A quick unfriendly answer that ignores someone
1
7.2
Not talking to or seeing someone on purpose to show you are unhappy with them
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dismissive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word snub meaning an act of ignoring someone comes from the idea of 'cutting off' or stopping someone, so a snub feels like being pushed away or left out.