snob
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5.1
- noun
- /snɑb/
- Offensive
:
snob
- Many consider him a snob because he looks down on people without a college degree.
I know I'm not a stuck up English snob, so that can't hurt me.
- I know I'm not a stuck up English snob, so that can't hurt me.
- Can't wait until the IPA snobs get this, like, yeah, Midwest.
- But if your absolute frame snob then sure that's kind of your option.
- I just love coffee and I'm like a coffee snob.
- OK, I think you're, I'm sorry, I think you're being a little bit of a snob here, but a little bit.
- They're just half pregnant because they're fucking snobs run by snobs.
- But in my research, saying that in blind tastings to coffee snobs, the decaf version could often win.
- And yes, maybe you're saying, but Trevor, I'm a rich snob.
- Well, no, I did watch some blockbusters, but I'm a bit of a movie snob, you know?
- And my mother, I think, was an inverted working class snob.
Examples
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You used to be such nice people, but now, you're just a couple of rich snobs!
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Even if some of those people are snobs.
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"Why are you being such a snob?" She linked an arm in his.
Fiction book (1993) -
OK, I'm not a snob, but I'm used to nice cars.
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I think she's a snob.
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Robert was always a social snob, and it had clearly gotten worse since his incarceration and second divorce.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'm not trying to sound like a snob, Jack, but pie making's a kind of art.
Fiction book (1991) -
Amy's fear that her mother was seen as a snob was not particularly warranted.
Fiction book (2000) -
I had felt like such a snob, such a city person, standing there clutching my robe like that.
Fiction book (2000) -
I thought you were a bit of a snob, but we've had a good laugh, ain't we?
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
30
8.5
A rude, annoying child or young person who thinks they are better than others
23
6.8
A person who thinks some people are better and should have more power
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9.3
A person who likes expensive things and shows off
1
9.4
A person who acts as if they are better than other people and annoys them
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9.9
A person who thinks they are better than others
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
4
7.5
To act as if you are better than other people because of your money or taste
Compounds
How Snobby
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word snob first meant a 'shoe-maker' or an ordinary town person, and in British universities in the 1800s it came to mean someone who was not from the 'upper class'. Over time it changed into a word for a person who thinks they are better than others because of their social rank or taste, which is why we use snob today for someone who looks down on people.