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snobbish

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snob·bish  (snbsh)
adj.
Of, befitting, or resembling a snob; pretentious.
snobbish·ly adv.
snobbish·ness n.
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Adj.1.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) << OPPOSITE humble
Translations
snobbish [ˈsnɔbɪʃ] adj → (e)snob
snobbish [ˈsnɔbɪʃ] adj → snob inv
snobbish [ˈsnɔbɪʃ] snob adj → snobistisch, versnobt (inf)
snobbish [ˈsnɔbɪʃ] adj → snob inv


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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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