as in aristocratic
being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior
the snobby waiter gave me a withering look when I ordered the cheapest wine on the list
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Recent Examples of snobby
There are all sorts of bad husbands in The Hunting Wives: Jed (Dermot Mulroney) is a horny oil tycoon with his eyes set on the governor’s mansion, Clint (Jason Davis) is a snobby reverend, and Jonny (Branton Box) is a crooked sheriff.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Sweet Basil officially earns my snobby schnoz's stamp of approval.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025
To win Sugar's heart in return, Joe poses as snobby millionaire Shell Oil Junior on the beach, pointedly appealing to just about every one of her weaknesses with his performance.
—EW.com, 21 June 2025
Two from the Midlands who can’t get into the snobby London music scene and two in the London scene that are session musicians and on massive records.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Sweet Basil officially earns my snobby schnoz's stamp of approval.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025
To win Sugar's heart in return, Joe poses as snobby millionaire Shell Oil Junior on the beach, pointedly appealing to just about every one of her weaknesses with his performance.
—EW.com, 21 June 2025
Two from the Midlands who can’t get into the snobby London music scene and two in the London scene that are session musicians and on massive records.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for snobby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snobby
Adjective
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Jessica Capshaw as Blythe HartCapshaw plays Blythe, Don's wife and the matriarch of an aristocratic Nashville family.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
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His aristocratic tastes are reflected in his various building projects, the remains of which have been excavated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jack Cutmore-Scott as Julius Beaufort, an arrogant new money banker at the center of New York society with an interest in Ellen.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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Jean stepped out as Nia approached—lean and arrogant, a cigarette pinched between her lips.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Prizegivers have also in the past been accused of being snobbish, of having an anti-American bias and of ignoring some of the giants of literature, including Russia's Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, France's Emile Zola and Ireland's James Joyce.—
Simon Johnson,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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The episode was about a fake Lord trying to check in to a seedy seaside hotel, and the snobbish Cleese character who runs the place gets fooled by him.—
Jonathan Margolis,
Air Mail,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Chiefs fans likely will remember Aikman’s snooty social-media message, which was shared exactly six years ago Tuesday.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
23 Sep. 2025
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Dismissed by the snooty London music industry in the early 2000s because of their accents, the pair reinvented themselves as Silibil N’ Brains, anarchic hard-partying MCs from the U.S. West Coast (and not, in fact, from Dundee).—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Snobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobby. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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