snub
GRE vocabulary504 vocabularysnub /snʌb/ verb (past tense and past participle snubbed, present participle snubbing) [transitive]
snub noun [countable]
پهن وکوتاه، کلفت وکوتاه، منع، جلوگیری، سرزنش کردن، نوک کسی را چیدن (دارای بینی) سربالا، خاموش کردن (سیگار)، ورزش: جلوگیری از حرکت طناب با پیچاندن دور تیر و غیره، علوم نظامی: نگهداشتن طناب
snub[verb]Synonyms:- put down, cold-shoulder, cut
(informal), humiliate, rebuff, slight
[noun]Synonyms:- insult, affront, put-down, slap in the face
Related Idioms: look coldly upon, turn a cold shoulder (on
or upon)
Related Words: high-hat,
ritz,
swank,
put down [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. snub1 /snʌb/
verb (
past tense and past participle snubbed,
present participle snubbing)
[transitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old Norse;
Origin: snubba 'to criticize angrily']
to treat someone rudely, especially by ignoring them when you meet:
the boys who had snubbed her in high school [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲