Snub

Quick meaning: Snub is an adjective meaning Conspicuously short.

Meaning

Conspicuously short.

More Meanings

1. (of a nose) Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
2. (mathematics, of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.
3. A deliberate affront or slight.
4. A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
5. (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
6. (transitive) To turn down insultingly; to dismiss.
7. (obsolete) A knot; a protuberance; a snag.

Example Sentences

a snub-nosed revolver

[A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain.

I hope the people we couldn't invite don't see it as a snub.

If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.

Word Forms

• snubs
• snubbing
• snubbed

Synonyms for snub

Depending on context, synonyms include rebuff, disregard, short, ignore, repel, cut.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include short, cut, brush off, repulse, repel, rebuff.

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