| 单词 | snub |
| 释义 | snub (once / 1622 pages) vnadj To snub is to ignore or refuse to acknowledge someone. If you want to snub your former best friend, you can refuse to even look at her when you pass in the hallway. When you snub someone, you deliver an insult by pretending to not even notice someone that you know. There’s an element of disdain and rejection to a snub, as if you’re too good to even acknowledge the person. As a noun, a snub is that act of cold rejection. Your former friend probably noticed the snub, and she’ll probably snub you from now on. Snub also means "very short," like the nose on a bulldog. WORD FAMILYsnub: snubbed, snubbing, snubs USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s ugly to think of popular music as a game that separates winners from losers, inductees from snubs, bestsellers from flops. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) A few days later, he was snubbed by Pro Bowl voters for the seventh time in eight seasons. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) Its entire roster was snubbed for Pro Bowl honors. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1v refuse to acknowledge Syn|Hyper cut, disregard, ignore do by, handle, treat interact in a certain way 2v reject outright and bluntly She snubbed his proposal Syn|Hyper rebuff, repel disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down reject with contempt 3n a refusal to recognize someone you know the snub was clearly intentional Syn|Hyper cold shoulder, cut rebuff, slight a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) 4n an instance of driving away or warding off Syn|Hyper rebuff, repulse rejection the speech act of rejecting 5adj unusually short a snub nose Syn short (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length |
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