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Definitions for Snub

[1] to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
[2] to check or reject with a sharp rebuke or remark.
[3] to check or stop suddenly (a rope or cable that is running out).
[4] to check (a boat, an unbroken horse, etc.) by means of a rope or line made fast to a fixed object.
[5] to pull up or stop abruptly in such a manner.
[6] an act or instance of snubbing.
[7] an affront, slight, or rebuff.
[8] a sudden check given to a rope or cable running out, a moving boat, or the like.
[9] (of the nose) short and turned up at the tip.
[10] blunt.
[11] to insult (someone) deliberately
[12] to stop or check the motion of (a boat, horse, etc) by taking turns of a rope or cable around a post or other fixed object
[13] a deliberately insulting act or remark
[14] nautical an elastic shock absorber attached to a mooring line (as modifier ) a snub rope
[15] short and blunt See also snub-nosed

Words related to Snub

ostracize, disregard, scold, boycott, ignore, scorn, shun, neglect, rebuff, humiliate, mortify, upstage, duck, cut, humble, slight, slur, scratch, disdain, ice

Words nearby Snub

snp, snr, snri, sns, snu, snub, snub-nosed, snubby, snubfin dolphin, snuck, snuff

Origin of Snub

1300–50; Middle English snubben < Old Norse snubba to scold, reprimand; cognate with Middle Low German snūben

Other words from Snub

snub·ber , noun
snub·bing·ly , adverb
un·snubbed , adjective

Word origin for Snub

C14: from Old Norse snubba to scold; related to Norwegian, Swedish dialect snubba to cut short, Danish snubbe

Synonyms for Snub

boycott, disregard, humiliate, ignore, neglect, ostracize, pass up, rebuff, scold, scorn, shun, burr, censure, chill, cool, cut, disdain, duck, humble, ice, mortify, offend, scratch, shame, slight, slur, snob, swank, upstage, act cool, brush off, cut dead, give the brush, ice out, look coldly upon, look right through, not give time of day, put down, put the chill on