Snub

Definition: Snub

Snub

Adjective

1. Unusually short; "a snub nose".

Noun

1. An instance of driving away or warding off.

2. A refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional".

Verb

1. Refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting".

2. Reject outright and bluntly.

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Date "snub" was first used: sometime in the early 13th century. (references)

Mining

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Synonyms: Snub

Disapprobation

Take down, take down a peg, set down; snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles; throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden; have a fling, have a snap at; have words with, pluck a crow with; give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.

Disrepute

Bring low, put down, snub; take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two.

Distortion

Adjective: distorted; Verb: out of shape, irregular, asymmetric, unsymmetric, awry, wry, askew, crooked; not true, not straight; on one side, crump, deformed; harelipped; misshapen, misbegotten; misproportioned, ill proportioned; ill-made; grotesque, monstrous, crooked as a ram's horn; camel backed, hump backed, hunch backed, bunch backed, crook backed; bandy; bandy legged, bow legged; bow kneed, knock kneed; splay footed, club footed; round shouldered; snub nosed; curtailed of one's fair proportions; stumpy; (short); gaunt; (thin); bloated; scalene; simous; taliped, talipedic.

Hindrance

Thwart, frustrate, disconcert, balk, foil; faze, feaze, feeze; baffle, snub, override, circumvent; defeat; spike guns; (render useless); spoil, mar, clip the wings of; cripple; (injure); put an extinguisher on; damp; dishearten; (dissuade); discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport; lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on; cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine; be in the way of, stand in the way of; act as a drag; hang like a millstone round one's neck.

Humility

Render humble; humble, humiliate; let down, set down, take down, tread down, frown down; snub, abash, abase, make one sing small, strike dumb; teach one his distance; put down, take down a peg, take down a peg lower; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; stare out of countenance, put out of countenance; put to the blush; confuse, ashame, mortify, disgrace, crush; send away with a flea in one's ear.

Insolence

Domineer, bully, dictate, hector; lord it over; traiter de haut en bas, regarder de haut en bas; exact; snub, huff., beard, fly in the face of; put to the blush; bear down, beat down; browbeat, intimidate; trample down, tread down, trample under foot; dragoon, ride roughshod over.

Shortness

Retrench, cut short, obtruncate; scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew; cut down, pare down; clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop; snub; truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of; foreshorten.

Crosswords: Snub

Fighting Snub Reilly (1924)

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Snub Moseley and his band, full-length portrait, standing near airplane upon arrival in Alaska. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The human face of Javert consisted of a snub nose, with two deep nostrils, which were bordered by large bushy whiskers that covered both his cheeks

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Expressions using "snub": snub line ♦ snub nose ♦ snub post ♦ to snub ♦ To snub a cable ♦ to snub a rope. Additional references.

Beginning with "snub": snub-ended, snub-nosed, Snub-nosed cachalot.

Afrikaans

afsnou (snap, snap at, snarl, snarl at). (various references)

Albanian

trajtoj me mospërfillje, qortim (admonition, chiding, correction, exception, objurgation, observation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, rowing, schooling, scolding, set down, talking to, telling off, twit, wigging), pres ftohtë, mospërfillje (carelessness, coldness, contempt, disinterest, disregard, indifference, insouciance, neglect, negligence, nonchalance, slight, slur), i shtypur (depressed, downtrodden, indented, printed, typewritten). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وبخ (berate, blame, carpet, castigate, check, chide, dish up, dress down, jaw, lash, moralize, quarrel, rail, raspberry, rebuff, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, scotch, show up, slag, slate, strafe, take to task, take up, task, tell off, tick off, tickle, upbraid), ‏زجر (rebuff, snap, squash), ‏عامل بإزدراء (wrong), ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏إزدرى (despise, disdain, disesteem, disfavor, disfavour, look down on, pooh pooh, scorn, slight), ‏أفطس (pug nosed), ‏أعاده الي مكانه (replace). (various references)

Bulgarian 

срязвам (cut, detruncate, rebuff, repulse, scissor, scotch, set down, shear, squelch), укор (imputation, objurgation, rap, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof), спъване (false step, preclusion, prevention, retardation, retardment), спъвам (beset, clog, cramp, embarrass, entangle, fetter, hinder, hobble, impede, interfere, preclude, prevent, prohibit, retard, set back, shackle, short circuit, snag, tie, trammel, trig), спиране (arrest, blocking, braking, catch, cease, cessation, discontinuance, dwell, halt, hold up, holdback, interruption, letup, prevention, retention, stand, standstill, stay, stop, stopping, tie up), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), чип (chip, counter, pug nosed, retrousse), груб отказ, отнасям се високомерно към, презрително отношение (spurn), подигравка (dig, flout, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, rub, scoff, sneer, sport, twit, wipe). (various references)

Czech

sjet, setřít (brush away, rub down, squash, take to task, wipe, wipe off), plísnit (chide, objurgate, upbraid), peskovat (chide, nag, yaff), odmítnout (decline, deny, impeach, kill, rebuff, refuse, reject, renege, repel, repudiate, repulse, turn down, wave aside), odbytí (brush off, rebuff), odbýt (brush off, dismiss, fob, gloss over, polish off, post away, put off, rattle, repel), ignorovat (brush off, cold shoulder, ignore, ostracize), ignorování (ostracism). (various references)

Danish

kontaktrulle ved fremdrivningen (snub pulley), bremsetov (snub line, snubbing line), bremse (brake, gadfly, gad-fly, horsefly, horse-fly). (various references)

Dutch

afsnauwen (snap at, snarl at). (various references)

Esperanto

riproĉi malafable (snap at, snarl at). (various references)

Farsi 

پهن وکوتاه , منع (Deterrence, Interdict, Obstruction, Prohibition, Proscription, Rebuff, Restraint, Restriction, Stop, Stoppage, Veto), کلفت وکوتاه , سرزنش کردن (Berate, Blame, Calldown, Censure, Check, Chide, Haze, Rant, Reprehend, Reprimand, Reprove, Scold, Taunt, Trounce, Twit, Upbraid, Wig), سرزنش (Blame, Censure, Demerit, Obloquy, Rail, Remonstrance, Reproach, Reproof, Sarcasm, Twit, Vituperation), جلوگیری (Blockage, Curb, Interdict, Obstruction, Preservation, Prevention, Restraint, Restriction, Stoppage, Suppression). (various references)

Finnish

nolata (discomfit, take a person down). (various references)

French

soufflet, snober, vexation, retroussé, repousser, remettre � sa place, rabrouer, camus (snub nosed). (various references)

Frisian

ôfsnuterje (snap at, snarl at), ôfgrauwe (snap at, snarl at). (various references)

German

stumpf (blunt, bluntly, dull, dulled, flat, lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless, masculine, obtuse, pointless, stolid, stolidly, stub, stump, stupid, toneless, truncated, turned-up), schroff abweisen, schneiden (bite, carve, chop, clip, cross, crosscutting, cut, cut down, cutting, cutting edges, edit, finesse, harvest, incise, intersect, lance, meet, mow, Nick, pare, reap, scissor, shave, shear, slice, snick, to bite, to clip, to cut, to cutting edges, to scissor, to slice, trim), vor dem kopf stoßen, rüffeln (tell off, tick off), kurz abtun, herabsetzung (abatement, belittlement, belittling, debasement, decremented, detraction, disparagement, lowering, reduction, slackening off, slight), brüskierung, brüskieren, anfahren (approach, deliver, drive up, hit, jump at, jump on, pull up, put in at, round on, run down, run into, sail into, shout at, start up, stop at), abfuhr erteilen (rebuff), abfuhr (brush off, carriage, put down, rebuff, removal), abfertigung (check in, checking, clearance, dealing with, processing, rebuff, service), über den mund fahren. (various references)

Greek 

κολοβώ (scrimp, truncate), περιφρονώ (contemn, deride, despise, disdain, look down on, scorn), επιπλήτω (chide), επίπληξη (admonition, lecture, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, reproof, reproval, scolding, telling off, wigging), αποπαίρνω (browbeat, carp, nag, reprehend, run down), αψηφώ (beard, brave, dare, defy, disregard, flout, fly in the face of, ignore, mock, outface, slight), διακόπτω (abort, adjourn, break in, break off, cease, chip in, cut in, cut off, disconnect, discontinue, intercept, intermit, interrupt, pause, sever, suspend). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"ת� �"�' בזלזול, ל�"שפיל (abase, debase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify), ל� �"ו�' בזלזול. (various references)

Hungarian

visszautasítás (decided refusal, denial, disclaimer, no, noes, non-acceptance, rebuff, refusal, reject, rejection, repudiation, set down, smack in the face, spurn, traverse, traversing), pisze orr (pug, pug nose, turned up nose), pisze (retroussé), púp (boss, crump back, hump, hunch, hunchback, hunk, lump, shoulder), letorkolás, letorkol (to put down, to snub, to squash, to squelch), hirtelen fékezés, gally (bough, spray, sprig, twig), elhallgattat (shush, silence, to confute, to gag, to hush, to muzzle, to put down, to put to silence, to shush, to shut up, to silence, to suppress), ágcsonk, ág (arm, branch, perch, prong, shroud, sprig, tine). (various references)

Italian

snobbare (slight, snob), umiliazione (abasement, humiliation, stoop), umiliare (abase, humble, humble oneself, humiliate, lower, mortify, squash), fare un affronto a, affronto (affront, cut, indignity, insult, offence, offense, scathe, slight). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

団子鼻 (a snub or pug nose). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

� �"�"ばな (a snub or pug nose). (various references)

Manx

gengagh (snub-nosed), flout (affront, aspersion, gibe, invective, rebuff, rebuttal, reproach, scorn, slander, stigma, taunt, vituperation). (various references)

Pig Latin

ubsnay.(various references)

Portuguese

reprimenda (caution, censure, disapproval, lesson, objurgation, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, talking-to, what-for), repreensão (admonition, brushoff, censure, chide, exhortation, expostulation, faultfinding, lecture, lesson, rag, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, scolding, slur, snap, talking-to, trimming, upbringing, wigging), repreender (admonish, berate, bounce, carpet, censure, correct, find fault with, jaw, lecture, lesson, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, sermonize, take to task, tell off, twit, upbraid, vituperate), mostrar má cara a, humilhação (abasement, abasements, abjection, mortification, take-down), dar uma reprimenda a, censurar (admonish, animadvert, berate, blame, carp, censor, censure, chide, condemn, damn, deprecate, expostulate, find fault with, gloss, impeach, inculpate, inveigh, jaw, land on, lecture, lesson, nibble, objurgate, quarrel, rebuke, red-pencil, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, sermonize, twit, upbraid, vituperate), censura (accusation, animadversion, blame, censor, censorship, censure, condemnation, criticism, disapproval, faultfinding, impeachment, lecture, lesson, objurgation, rap, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, reproof, scolding, sermon, set-down, slur, trimming, upbringing, wigging), aviltamento (debasement, degradation), arrebitado (turned-up), afronta (affront, dishonor, dishonour, humiliation, indignity, insult, outrage, take-down, wrong). (various references)

Romanian

umili (abase, abash, bear down, humble, humiliate, mortify, stoop, submit, take down), nod (bend, bow, Burl, gnarl, half-hitch, joint, kink, knar, knob, knot, knurl, loop, lump, node, nodosity, noose), mustrare (dressing, lash, lecture, pi-jaw, prick, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, row, scolding, slur, trim, trimming, wigging), mustra (berate, chide, lash into, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, row, scold, slate, twit), dojeni (blame, chide, correct, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, taunt, trim, twit, upbraid, wig), dojanã (admonishment, lash, lecture, lesson, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, row, scolding, set down, taunt, twit), cârn (crooked, snubby, snub-nosed). (various references)

Russian 

унижать щелчок вздернутый, курносый (end up, end-up, pug nosed, pug-nosed, snub-nosed), выговор (curtain lecture, dressing down, jobation, objurgation, rating, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, rowing, schooling, set-down, talking to, talking-to, telling off, telling-off), отчитывать (jaw, reprehend, school, tell off). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prćast nos (pug nose), prćast (retrousse), okresati (pollard, prune), odbijati (block, negative, refuse, reverberate), odbijanje (denial, disallowance, image degradation, nay, reflection, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reverberation, set down, setdown), izgrditi (berate, chastise, dress down, give it to him, lambaste, rip, scathe, scold, tell off, vituperate). (various references)

Spanish

dar dentelladas a (snap at, snarl at). (various references)

Swedish

snäsa av (cut, rebuff, snap). (various references)

Thai

การ�"ูแคลน, ทู่, �"ูแคลน. (various references)

Turkish

yönünü değiştirmek (change one's course, commutate, head off, redirect, reroute), terslemek (rebuff, scold, send to the rightabout, snap), kalkık uçlu, küçük düşürmek (abase, affront, bring into contempt, debase, degrade, depreciate, detract, disparage, give affront to, give smb. the wall, humiliate, lessen, lower, make smb. feel small, run down, score smb. off, stigmatize, stultify, take smb. down a peg), kötü söz, kötü davranmak (abuse, discriminate against smb., ill treat, maltreat, misdemean, mishandle, mistreat, outrage, ride rough over, rough, serve, tramp down, use smb. ill), kötü davranma (ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment, misusage), hakaret (affront, contempt, contumely, cuss word, defamation, epithet, hotfoot, indignity, insult, invective, opprobrium, outrage, revilement, slap, slap in the face, slight, slur), haddini bildirmek (correct, put smb. in his place, rap smb. over the knuckles). (various references)

Ukrainian

різко застопорювати, раптова зупинка (pull up), відбрити, образа (abuse, affront, contumely, dishonor, dishonour, dudgeon, grievance, grouch, indignity, injury, insult, obloquy, offence, offense, opprobrium, outrage, resentment, umbrage, wound), зневажливе ставлення, принижувати (belittle, невимушенІсть [f], deject, demean, derogate, detract, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, slur, spite, vilify), догана (blame, bobbing, castigation, dressing down, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reprobation, reproof, reproval, rowing, schooling, setdown, telling). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự l� m nhục (abasement, humiliation, indignity, snubbing), sự l� m mất mặt (defacement, snubbing). (various references)

Simias concolor. (various references)

rebuffer. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "snub": snubbed, snubber, snubbers, snubbier, snubbiest, snubbiness, snubbinesses, snubbing, snubby, snubness, snubnesses, snubs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Snub" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gnub, nsub, Nsue, scub, Seneb, shub, skub, snab, snabb, snibe, snoq, snov, snu, snubb, snuf, snuk, snut, snuz, spub, squb, subj, subp. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: buns, nubs.

-1 letter: bun, bus, nub, nus, sub, sun, uns.

-2 letters: nu, un, us.

+1 letter: bonus, bosun, bunds, bungs, bunks, bunns, bunts, burns, numbs, snubs.

+2 letters: blunts, bosuns, bounds, bourns, bruins, brunts, buncos, bundts, bunkos, bunyas, burans, burins, busing, buskin, busman, busmen, nimbus, nubias, snubby, subnet, suborn, sunbow, tabuns, unbans, unbars, unbusy.

+3 letters: abounds, abusing, auburns, bausond, bawsunt, beduins, benumbs, blouson, bluings, blunges, bohunks, bonducs, bonuses, bounces, bournes, bousing, boutons, brucins, brunets, bumkins, bunches, buncoes, bundist, bundles, bungees, bungles, bunions, bunkers, bunkoes, bunkums, bunnies, bunters, burdens, burners, burnets, burnies, burnish, burnous, burtons, bushing, bushman, bushmen, busings, busking, buskins, bussing, busting, busying, butanes, butenes, buttons, cobnuts, debunks, dubbins, dustbin, husband, inburst, incubus, minibus, nebulas, niobous, nubbins, nubbles, numbats, numbers, numbest, numbles, obtunds, omnibus, sandbur, slurban, snubbed, snubber, subbing, subclan, subdean, suberin, subjoin, subline, submenu, subnets, suborns, subpena, subrent, subring, subteen, subtend, subtone, subunit, subvene, subzone, sunback, sunbath, sunbeam, sunbelt, sunbird, sunbows, sunburn, tubings, turbans, umbones, unbased, unbears, unbelts, unbends, unbinds, unblest, unbolts, unbosom, unboxes, uncurbs, unrobes, unsober, upbinds.