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
he gave us one snobbish glance and then disregarded us
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Recent Examples of snobbish
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.
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Jonathan Margolis, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
An unusual - and slightly snobbish - pairing?
—Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Yet, somewhere along the line, Vulcans have become the butt of the joke with their stiff, snobbish demeanor a source of ridicule for their (supposedly) more progressive human shipmates.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Dobrachkous, who is also an author, talked to THR about her love for storytelling in black and white, casting twins as Eva, and her plans for a film based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and another film about a snobbish Italian aristocrat.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jonathan Margolis, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
An unusual - and slightly snobbish - pairing?
—Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Yet, somewhere along the line, Vulcans have become the butt of the joke with their stiff, snobbish demeanor a source of ridicule for their (supposedly) more progressive human shipmates.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Dobrachkous, who is also an author, talked to THR about her love for storytelling in black and white, casting twins as Eva, and her plans for a film based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and another film about a snobbish Italian aristocrat.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snobbish
Adjective
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Under the law, the remaining earls, viscounts and dukes who inherited their seats in the chamber along with their aristocratic titles will leave Parliament for good when the current session concludes this spring.—
Peter Weber,
TheWeek,
12 Mar. 2026
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On Tuesday night, members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Planning for more than 11 contests out of Dobbins, something only produced twice over his first six NFL seasons, isn’t just arrogant.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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Capitalize on the overwhelming support for legislative transparency and Spilka, Mariano and Attorney General Andea Campbell’s arrogant refusal to implement it.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In the Margaret Thatcher biopic, Streep sports a stiff upper lip and no patience for snobby misogyny as England's first female prime minister.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Hugh Laurie stars as Ryan Clark, captain of a giant space cruise ship full of snobby, rich tourists, though when the ship's course is changed from a few weeks to more than three years, the classy decorum begins to break down.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Jan. 2026
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Her grandmother’s solution is to keep Jane out of sight and out of mind in an exclusive girls’ boarding school, together with her snooty white cousins.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
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Trading Places When snooty executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and savvy street con man Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) find their lives reversed as part of an expensive bet, hijinks arise — though not without dashes of controversial humor.—
Lydia Price,
PEOPLE,
23 Dec. 2025
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