snubbing

A colleague feels hurt after a deliberate snubbing at the office meeting.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • An act of treating with contempt or disregard: "snubbing" refers to the action of deliberately ignoring or showing disdain towards someone, often to humiliate or insult them.

2. Verb (present participle of 'snub'):

   • To treat with contempt or disregard: The act of ignoring or rejecting someone in a rude or dismissive manner.
   • To check or rebuke sharply: To stop or interrupt someone's action or speech abruptly, often with a cutting remark.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • His snubbing of her at the party was obvious to everyone. (His act of deliberately ignoring her was clear to all present.)
  • She felt a deep sense of humiliation after the snubbing from her former colleagues. (She felt ashamed after being treated with contempt by her ex-coworkers.)

• Verb:

  • He is snubbing his old friends since he became famous. (He is deliberately ignoring his old friends because of his new status.)
  • The manager was snubbing the intern's suggestions during the meeting. (The manager was dismissively rejecting the intern's ideas.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be snubbing someone": to engage in the ongoing act of treating someone with contempt.

  • Why are you snubbing me? I haven't done anything wrong. (Why are you deliberately ignoring me? I have not committed any offense.)

• "a snubbing remark": a comment intended to humiliate or dismiss.

  • She made a snubbing remark about his clothing. (She said something insulting about his outfit to belittle him.)

Variants and Related Words

• Snub (verb, noun): the base form; to treat with contempt or an act of doing so.

  • He snubbed her invitation to dinner. (He rudely ignored her invitation.)
  • The snub was intentional. (The act of ignoring was done on purpose.)

• Snubber (noun): a person who snubs others.

  • He is a notorious snubber of newcomers. (He is well-known for ignoring new people.)

• Snub-nosed (adj): having a short, turned-up nose (not directly related to the contempt meaning, but a compound word).

  • The dog is snub-nosed. (The dog has a short, flat nose.)

Synonyms

• Insult: to speak or act in a way that offends or humiliates.
• Slight: to treat with disrespect or indifference.
• Cold-shoulder: to deliberately ignore or show unfriendliness.

Related Idioms

• To give someone the cold shoulder: to deliberately ignore or treat someone unfriendly.

  • After the argument, she gave him the cold shoulder. (She snubbed him by ignoring him.)

• To cut someone dead: to completely ignore someone, often as a form of snubbing.

  • He cut her dead in the hallway. (He snubbed her by refusing to acknowledge her presence.)