to snub

Examples

• All

• They will bully you and snub you and patronize you.

  Vanity Fair (2004)

• If it please God, let them not snub us.

  Persuasion (1995)

• I would not snub you because you charge that much.

  Blog text (1)

• So how could she snub him now by not attending his arrival?

  Fiction book (1991)

• They seem to want to snub you, too, Emma.

  Emma (1996)

• "The people are there with me and I have no intention to snub them," says Rone.

  Blog text (23)

• Houston teachers snub bond proposal, taking frustrations out on students.

  Blog text (32)

• She felt hurt when her friends chose to snub her at the party.

• The celebrity decided to snub the reporters by leaving through a back exit.

• He was surprised to see his colleagues snub him after he changed jobs.

Synonyms

I

to ignore

vsto snub

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

is more overtly rejecting and blunt rather than simply not noticing someone

C

to cut

vsto snub

• UK

382 8.3

To refuse to speak to or notice someone you know

is a blunt rejecting action shown without politeness or regard

D

to disregard

vsto snub

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

is a deliberate blunt social rejection rather than neutral inattention

S

to spurn

vsto snub

26 7.7

To refuse a person or an offer in a rude way

is more about blunt ignoring and social insult rather than active scorn

R

to rebuff

vsto snub

18 7.7

To say no to someone or their offer in a quick rude way

is more about deliberate ignoring with disrespect rather than only abrupt refusal

S

to slight

vsto snub

• Offensive

12 6.1

Treat someone as unimportant or ignore them

is a blunt deliberate rejection rather than a mild or accidental action

G

to give someone the brush-off

vsto snub

• Informal

2 7.5

To reject someone quickly and rudely

is more about deliberate ignoring with sharp disrespect than polite refusal

C

to cold-shoulder

vsto snub

• Informal

1 7.7

To ignore someone on purpose to show you are angry or unfriendly

is a blunt social rejection used to show disrespect directly

S

slighting

vsto snub

• Offensive

8.0

Showing little respect and trying to make someone feel unimportant

is a blunt social rejection rather than only insulting words

Antonyms

A

to acknowledge

286 3.9

To show that you have noticed someone or something

E

embrace

20 3.4

A warm, willing acceptance of someone or an idea

Compounds

S

snub-nosed

1 6.1

Having a short, round nose or tip

How Dismissive

to spurn

26 7.7

to shun

26 4.6

to snub

7 6.3

to rebuff

18 7.7

to cold-shoulder

• Informal

1 7.7

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology