snobby

snob·by

adj \ˈsnä-bē\

snob·bi·ersnob·bi·est

Definition of SNOBBY

: characterized by snobbery <a snobby brat> <snobby neighborhoods>

Examples of SNOBBY

1. <the snobby waiter gave me a withering look when I ordered the cheapest wine on the list>

First Known Use of SNOBBY

1846

Related to SNOBBY

Synonyms: aristocratic, elitist, high-hat, persnickety, potty, ritzy, snobbish, 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 SNOBBY

bobby, cobby, dobby, globby, hobby, knobby, lobby, nobby, Sabi, swabbie