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snubbed

snubbed is the simple past and past participle of snub.

Meaning of snub

Verb

snub (third-person singular simple present snubs, present participle snubbing, simple past and past participle snubbed)

  1. (transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
    • When, therefore, the First Secretary sounded him as to the expediency of some step in the direction of a firmer political combination than that at present existing,—by which of course was meant the dethronement of the present Prime Minister,—Mr. Roby had snubbed him!1876, Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To turn down insultingly; to dismiss.
    • He snubbed my offer of help.
    Synonyms:
    rebuff
  3. (transitive) To check; to reprimand.
  4. (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc).
  5. (transitive) To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.
  6. (transitive) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.

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Questions about snubbed

What is snubbed the simple past and past participle of?
Snubbed is the simple past and past participle of snub.

Words near snubbed in the dictionary

  1. snub-nosed
  2. snub-nosed monkey
  3. snub-nosed monkeys
  4. snuba
  5. snubbable
  6. snubbed
  7. snubbee
  8. snubbees
  9. snubber
  10. snubberies
  11. snubbers

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