snub — to deliberately ignore or reject someone in a rude way
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to deliberately ignore or reject someone in a rude way
Pronunciation (IPA): /snʌb/
Example Sentences
- The celebrity snubbed all the reporters and walked straight to her car.
- My cat snubs me whenever I come home late, as if she's personally offended.
- Getting snubbed by his crush motivated him to become more confident.
snub
VERB[/snʌb/]
to deliberately ignore or reject someone in a rude way
She walked right past him with a cold snub at the gallery opening.
Snubbed at the club, welcomed at the pub
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From Old Norse 'snubba' meaning to rebuke or check, likely related to Germanic roots expressing the idea of cutting short or stopping abruptly.
Breakdown
snub (single morpheme, from Old Norse snubba) - no further morphological breakdown as it is a root word adopted into English
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📝Examples
“The celebrity snubbed all the reporters and walked straight to her car.”
“My cat snubs me whenever I come home late, as if she's personally offended.”
“Getting snubbed by his crush motivated him to become more confident.”
“The royal snub at the ceremony became front-page news worldwide.”
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