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snobbish

[snob-ish]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob.

    snobbish ideas about rank.

  2. having the character of a snob.



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Other Word Forms

  • snobbishly adverb
  • snobbishness noun
  • unsnobbish adjective
  • unsnobbishly adverb
  • unsnobbishness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of snobbish1

First recorded in 1830–40; snob + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

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Even still to this day, the word "narcissist" gets misused to describe people who are merely snobbish or egotistical.

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They had feared he might be some snobbish yachtie or posing Instagrammer, who would make sure they knew who was boss.

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“If they want one of those snobbish English nasty people or whatever, I get into that bracket.”

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Despite the high prices that some bottles can fetch, it's anything but snobbish.

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Perched between the “Shōgun” pair is Nathan Lane, who portrays the snobbish arbiter of who and what are considered elite in the glitzy “The Gilded Age.”

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