SNUB


Meaning of SNUB in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a snub/turned-up nose (= one that curves up at the end )

She had big eyes and a turned-up nose.

snub nose

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Executives who had once snubbed Miller were now calling him to chat.

High-schoolers will often snub anyone they feel is different or strange.

I couldn't believe Simon had snubbed me at the party.

Rosanna felt snubbed when she wasn't invited to the wedding.

The senator was furious. ""How would you feel if you'd been snubbed by the wife of your president?''

They snubbed his invitation to a meeting of foreign ministers at the UN in New York.

When the college invited him to speak, he was snubbed by students who felt his policies were unfair to minorities.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And since Al has decided to snub the press, he is in the unfortunate position of having to answer for him.

I hope the stuffy Royals who snubbed her now appreciate her honesty.

That offer, too, has been snubbed.

The editors' snubbing of their contributions would one day prove shortsighted.

The experimenters there for the most part snubbed the newcomer.

The foredeck man snubbed it on the cleat.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Her absence was not intended as a snub .

The assistant director took it as a snub when he was not invited to the conference.

The mayor's comments were not meant as a deliberate snub to the French visitors.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Actually, these snubs from Shaw have the effect of making one curious about Eugene Scribe.

But Clinton refused to leave his home state of Arkansas and this was interpreted as a snub to Major.

Charles Howard had just delivered me a colossal snub .

In the office, we avenge slight slights with small snubs.

Male speaker It's not a snub .

President Clinton's nomination represents a double snub say critics.

Rebel Despite this snub , Johnston has been careful to avoid a public row at Goodison.

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