snub

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an instance of driving away or warding off
  2. noun a refusal to recognize someone you know
  3. verb refuse to acknowledge

Etymology

From Middle English snubben (also snibben), from Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove”), which, like the source of English snip, is probably imitative in some manner. Cognate with Danish snibbe, dialectal Swedish snebba.

In classic literature

Synonyms

rebuff, repulse

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