snobbish

snob·bish (sn

sh)

adj.

Of, befitting, or resembling a snob; pretentious.

snobbish·ly adv.

snobbish·ness n.

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Adj.

snobbish - befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

cliquish, snobby, clannish, clubby

private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"

snobbish

adjective superior, arrogant, stuck-up (informal), patronizing, condescending, snooty (informal), pretentious, uppity, high and mighty (informal), toffee-nosed (slang, chiefly Brit.), hoity-toity (informal), high-hat (informal, chiefly U.S.), uppish (Brit. informal) I'd expected her to be snobbish but she was warm and friendly.
modest, humble, down to earth, unassuming, natural, unpretentious, without airs, unostentatious

Translations

snobbish [ˈsnɒbɪʃ] ADJ → snob, esnob

snobbish [ˈsnɒbɪʃ] adj → snob inv

snobbish

adj → snobistisch, versnobt (inf); place → für Snobs; to be snobbish about something → bei etw wählerisch sein

snobbish [ˈsnɒbɪʃ] adj → snob inv

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clannish
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haughty
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hoity-toity
la-di-da
ostentatious
patronizing
pretentious
snob
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Society is hopelessly snobbish, and this fact of your extraction may make an appreciable difference to its acceptance of you as my wife, after I have made you the well-read woman that I mean to make you.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

Serious men thaw and become mildly cheerful, and snobbish young men of the heavy-mustache type forget to make themselves objectionable.

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context

They had even managed to avoid May's English aunt, the banker's wife, who was still in Yorkshire; in fact, they had purposely postponed going to London till the autumn in order that their arrival during the season might not appear pushing and snobbish to these unknown relatives.

The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context

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