I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a snub/turned-up nose (= one that curves up at the end )
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She had big eyes and a turned-up nose.
snub nose
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Executives who had once snubbed Miller were now calling him to chat.
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High-schoolers will often snub anyone they feel is different or strange.
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I couldn't believe Simon had snubbed me at the party.
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Rosanna felt snubbed when she wasn't invited to the wedding.
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The senator was furious. ""How would you feel if you'd been snubbed by the wife of your president?''
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They snubbed his invitation to a meeting of foreign ministers at the UN in New York.
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When the college invited him to speak, he was snubbed by students who felt his policies were unfair to minorities.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And since Al has decided to snub the press, he is in the unfortunate position of having to answer for him.
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I hope the stuffy Royals who snubbed her now appreciate her honesty.
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That offer, too, has been snubbed.
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The editors' snubbing of their contributions would one day prove shortsighted.
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The experimenters there for the most part snubbed the newcomer.
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The foredeck man snubbed it on the cleat.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her absence was not intended as a snub .
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The assistant director took it as a snub when he was not invited to the conference.
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The mayor's comments were not meant as a deliberate snub to the French visitors.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Actually, these snubs from Shaw have the effect of making one curious about Eugene Scribe.
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But Clinton refused to leave his home state of Arkansas and this was interpreted as a snub to Major.
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Charles Howard had just delivered me a colossal snub .
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In the office, we avenge slight slights with small snubs.
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Male speaker It's not a snub .
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President Clinton's nomination represents a double snub say critics.
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Rebel Despite this snub , Johnston has been careful to avoid a public row at Goodison.