repulse vs snub

repulse

verb
  • To reject or rebuff. 

  • To repel or drive back. 

  • To cause revulsion in. 

noun
  • the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed 

  • refusal, rejection or repulsion 

snub

verb
  • To turn down insultingly; to dismiss. 

  • To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone. 

  • To check; to reprimand. 

  • To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner. 

  • To sob with convulsions. 

  • To stub out (a cigarette etc). 

  • To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of. 

noun
  • A deliberate affront or slight. 

  • A sudden checking of a cable or rope. 

adj
  • Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces. 

  • Conspicuously short. 

  • Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up. 

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