snub

1. 1.

   refuse to acknowledge

   “She cut him dead at the meeting”

   Synonymsignoredisregardcut

   Broadertreat
2. 2.

   reject outright and bluntly

   “She snubbed his proposal”

   Synonymsrebuffrepel

   Broaderreject

1. 1.

   unusually short

   “a snub nose”

   Similarshort

Other forms of snub

plural

snubs·

past tense or participle

snubbed

present participle

snubbing

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about snub

What does snub mean?

snub means "an instance of driving away or warding off". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in snub?

snub has 1 syllable: snub. In IPA it is /ˈsnʌb/.

What is another word for snub?

Close synonyms include rebuff, repulse, cut, cold shoulder, ignore. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is snub a common word?

snub is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.