snub

About 0.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Conspicuously short.

   a snub-nosed revolver

2. adjective Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
3. adjective Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.
4. noun A deliberate affront or slight.

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

5. noun A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
6. noun A knot; a protuberance; a snag.
7. verb To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
8. verb To turn down insultingly; to dismiss.

   He snubbed my offer of help.

Similar words

short cut brush off repulse repel rebuff cold shoulder disregard ignore slight

Often followed by

nose to the him me and her of noses

Word family

snubbed snubbing snubness snubnesses snubs