snobbish
- adjective
- /ˈsnɑːbɪʃ/
- Offensive
- In turn, other Central Americans often view Costa Ricans as snobbish, pro-gringo, and pacifistic to the point of cowardice.
- snobbish and boring
- snobbish and weird
- less snobbish
This is my very snobby ivory tower opinion.
- This is my very snobby ivory tower opinion.
- The shinier and more arrogant and snobbier and more elitist, the more I shut down.
- I went to a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India and that almost destroyed me.
- There are so, so many interviews where it seems like this centre left, this sort of snobbish have I got news for you elite.
Examples
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This is a stuffy, snobbish town.
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Beacon Street was known as the social, yet very snobbish street to live on.
Blog text (3) -
There should be nothing snobbish about expecting food to be good no matter where it's from.
Blog text (2) -
You think it's snobbish of me to feel that I am better than that rabble.
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You and Val have been almost snobbish when it comes to others.
Fiction book (1999) -
You may notice that they suddenly become snobbish and easily get irritated.
Blog text (8) -
That's not being snobbish; it's just recognizing the way the world is.
Fiction book (1996) -
His silences in conversation were often considered snobbish, a form of superiority.
Academic text (1994) -
I can't stand snobbery or snobbish attitudes of any kind.
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Some residents find the local art gallery to be a bit snobbish, favoring only elite artworks over popular pieces.
Synonyms
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
Acting as if you are better than other people
Believing some people are better and should get special treatment
Thinking you are much better than other people
Seeing yourself as much more important than other people
A person who thinks they are better than other people
Acting as if you are better than other people
Acting as if you are better than other people
A person who thinks they are better than other people and looks down on them
Acting proud and looking down on other people
Feeling or acting as if you are better than other people
Acting as if you are better than other people
A place or group that is friendly to members but keeps new people out
Acting as if you are better than other people
Forming small groups that make other people feel unwelcome
Prefers to be with a small close group and excludes other people
Showing the attitude of a rich person who thinks they are better than others
Having a proud, snobbish manner and showing off fashionable tastes
Acting like you are better than other people
Showing off and acting more important than others
Antonyms
How Snobby
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word snobbish comes from snob + the ending -ish, and snob came to mean a person who cares a lot about social rank and fashion. So, snobbish describes someone who acts like they are 'better than others' or who looks down on people.