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snobbish |
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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 adj → snobistisch, versnobt (inf); place → für Snobs; to be snobbish about something → bei etw wählerisch sein How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. Serious men thaw and become mildly cheerful, and snobbish young men of the heavy-mustache type forget to make themselves objectionable. 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. |
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