snub1 verbsnub2 noun
snubsnub1 /snʌb/ verb (past tense and past participle snubbed, present participle snubbing) [transitive] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINsnub1
Verb TableOrigin:
1300-1400 Old Norse snubba ‘to criticize angrily’VERB TABLE
snub
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | snub |
| he, she, it | snubs | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | snubbed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have snubbed |
| he, she, it | has snubbed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had snubbed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will snub |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have snubbed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am snubbing |
| he, she, it | is snubbing | |
| you, we, they | are snubbing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was snubbing |
| you, we, they | were snubbing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been snubbing |
| he, she, it | has been snubbing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been snubbing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be snubbing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been snubbing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- 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.
- 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.
Longman Language Activatorto rudely pretend not to notice someone► ignore
Collocations · Don't ignore me when I'm talking to you!· Now that she had lost all her wealth, she was ignored by former friends.totally/completely ignore somebody · The waiter totally ignored Glen and served a girl who had come up beside him.
► pretend not to notice/see · Henry waved but Martha pretended not to notice.· If people think you're a beggar, they pretend not to see you.
► look right through to pretend not to notice someone that you know, even though you are looking directly at them: · I saw Carrie yesterday, but when I smiled at her she just looked right through me.· In the lift at work, the doctors looked right through you as if you didn't exist.
► snub to ignore someone deliberately, in order to show that you are angry with them or that you have no respect for them: · I couldn't believe Simon had snubbed me at the party.· The senator was furious. "How would you feel if you'd been snubbed by the wife of your president?''snub somebody's invitation/request etc: · They snubbed his invitation to a meeting of foreign ministers at the UN in New York.
► cut somebody dead to completely ignore someone when you see them, especially because you are angry with them: · I saw Josie today - she must still be angry with me because she cut me dead.· Where he used to cut them dead, he now helps them on with their coats.
► blank informal if someone blanks you, they pretend not to notice you even though your eyes are facing theirs: · I said hello to her in the street, but she just blanked me and carried on walking.
► send somebody to Coventry British if a group of people send someone to Coventry , they all agree they will not talk to that person as a punishment: · Unfairly sent to Coventry for two weeks, Hannah decided to run away from school.
to reject someone who wants to be friendly or help you► reject to refuse to speak or listen to someone who wants to be friendly with you or wants to help you: · Samantha had consistently rejected all Bob's offers of help.· She's scared to try to talk to him about it in case he rejects her again.· As a child he was repeatedly rejected by both parents.
► rebuff to reject someone's friendly invitation or offer in an unpleasant or rude way, so that they feel offended: · She rebuffed all my attempts to make things up between us, till eventually my patience snapped.· Despite being rebuffed again and again, he continued to phone her.
► give somebody the brush-off informal to refuse to accept someone's help, friendship, invitations etc in a rude and unfriendly way: · Russell tried to give me the brush-off, but I don't give up that easily.· The new director of the Urban League was given the brush-off by City Hall.
► snub to deliberately behave in an unfriendly way to someone, for example by ignoring them or being rude to them, so that they feel hurt: · Rosanna felt snubbed when she wasn't invited to the wedding.· High-schoolers will often snub anyone they feel is different or strange.· When the college invited him to speak, he was snubbed by students who felt his policies were unfair to minorities.
► ostracize also ostracise British if a group of people ostracize a person or another group, they refuse to talk to them and make them feel that they are strongly disliked: · Many young people are unwilling to admit that they are gay because they fear being ostracized.· He had committed crimes so appalling that even other prisoners ostracized him.
► shun to refuse to accept or be friendly with someone, especially because they are different from you in some way or have done something that you disapprove of: · Some young women are shunned by their families when they become pregnant outside of marriage.· Recently bereaved widows often feel they are being shunned by people who don't know what to say to them.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a snub/turned-up nose
Phrases (=one that curves up at the end)· She had big eyes and a turned-up nose.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► snub-nosed pistol/revolver etc
to treat someone rudely, especially by ignoring them when you meet: - The snub-nosed revolver looked like a toy in Ray Shepherd's hand.
the boys who had snubbed her in high schoolsnub1 verbsnub2 noun
snubsnub2 noun [countable] ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Collocations- 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.
- 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.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a snub/turned-up nose
Phrases (=one that curves up at the end)· She had big eyes and a turned-up nose.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► snub-nosed pistol/revolver etc
an act of snubbing someone: - The snub-nosed revolver looked like a toy in Ray Shepherd's hand.
Eisenhower saw the action as a deliberate snub.