Verb She snubbed me in the hallway. He snubbed their job offer. They deliberately snubbed the meeting. Noun he tolerated the snubs from his in-laws because the holidays come but once a year, thankfully
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
There are a few people who snub me around town, but not that many. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 July 2022 Duran Duran has been a mainstay on Rock Hall snub lists for years. Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 25 Apr. 2022 Hungary’s weaker line toward Russia also led the rest of the Visegrád Group to snub a planning meeting of defense ministers in Budapest this week. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2022 Meanwhile, the European Union will snub a request by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for its member countries to respond individually to Moscow’s demands on a regional security framework.Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2022 Why history will remember it better than the Academy did: The Oscars may have snubbed The Green Knight, but does that mean that in a year's time The Green Knight can return to snub the Oscars? Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2022 The Wall Street Journal notes that Saudi Arabia appeared to snub Biden's campaign to increase global output. Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 16 Feb. 2022 See how Little Monsters reacted to Gaga’s Oscars snub below. Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2022 Scavino is just one of the many Trump allies to slow walk, stonewall or snub the January 6 committee -- all while doubling down on their allegiance to Trump. Sara Murray, CNN, 28 Dec. 2021
Noun
Three years later, Trump skipped the event in a diplomatic snub, sending Vice President Mike Pence in his place.Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022 Other winners include This Is Us star Mandy Moore for individual achievement in drama following her surprising snub at the Emmys; HBO’s Succession for achievement in drama and Hulu’s Dopesick as best miniseries. Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2022 Watch Anderson react to his Emmys snub in the video above. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 13 July 2022 More serious was his snub of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Her snub combined with the accolades received by co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short smells of anti-pop star bias.cleveland, 12 July 2022 But his snub could convince some leaders in Central America and the Caribbean to stay home as well. Peter Weber, The Week, 6 June 2022 Nneka Ogwumike, whose left knee injury contributed to her controversial snub from the U.S. Olympic roster, averaged 14.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game last season while missing 14 games.Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022 Biden, when he was declared the winner of the 2020 election, waited almost a month before calling Netanyahu, which many Israelis viewed as a snub. Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English snibben, snubben, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse snubba to scold, Swedish dialect snubba to reproach, cut off