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snub
What does snub mean?
snub (verb): to slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use snub in a sentence?
- He snubbed my offer of help. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce snub?
/snʌb/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does snub come from?
From Middle English snubben, snibben (noun), either from an undocumented Old English or from Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove, rebuff, infringe”), from Proto-Germanic *snūbaną, *snūpaną.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of snub?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “snub” mean?
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
Not quite: that's what swell means.
to slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone
Right! That's what “snub” means.
to break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in
Not quite: that's what collapse means.
to explore, investigate, question, test, or prove
Not quite: that's what probe means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “snub”?
ignore
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cruise
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depend
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export
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