snobbish

snob·bish

adj \ˈsnä-bish\

Definition of SNOBBISH

: being, characteristic of, or befitting a snob <a snobbish attitude>

— snob·bish·ly adverb

— snob·bish·ness noun

Examples of SNOBBISH

1. <he gave us one snobbish glance and then disregarded us>

First Known Use of SNOBBISH

1840

Related to SNOBBISH

Synonyms: aristocratic, elitist, high-hat, persnickety, potty, ritzy, snobby, snooty, snotty, toffee-nosed [chiefly British]

Related Words: aloof, arrogant, bumptious, haughty, high-and-mighty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-handed, hoity-toity, huffish, huffy, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also topliftical), uppity; biggety (or biggity) [Southern & Midland], bigheaded, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), prideful, self-conceited, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swelled-headed, swellheaded

Near Antonyms: democratic, egalitarian; egoless, humble, modest, unpretentious; antielitist, antisnob

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Rhymes with SNOBBISH

mobbish, slobbish