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Synonyms for snub

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

stub out abash

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Cut down — to slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone

cut down, cut short, clip, prune, dock, stub out, curtail, abbreviate, cut someone cold slang, cut someone dead slang

2. Ignore

ignore, disregard, cut

3. Rebuff

rebuff, repel

Other

nip, slight, abash, check, sneb dated

Noun

put-down, cold shoulder, repulse, snubby

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.

  2. v. 2

    To turn down insultingly; to dismiss.

    He snubbed my offer of help.

  3. v. 3

    To check; to reprimand.

  4. n. 1

    A deliberate affront or slight.

    I hope the people we couldn't invite don't see it as a snub.

Related words

Phrases
snub disphenoid snub post

Forms

Plural
snubs → put-downs, repulses, snubbies…
Past participle
snubbed
e.g. snubbed → clipt, pruned, docked, curtailed…

Example sentences

  • abash The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
snubrising
abashsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
cut1, nip1
4 letters
clip1, dock1, sneb
5 letters
check1, repel2, prune1, abash2
6 letters
ignore2, slight1, rebuff2, snubby
7 letters
curtail2, repulse2
9 letters
disregard3
10 letters
abbreviate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (repel2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
rabrouer
Italiano
strapazzare