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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The American groups always had very aristocratic, wonderful names.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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According to English Heritage, the charity which maintains the property, the rooms were first used by royal and aristocratic children and their attendants.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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And ironically, the most arrogant ones are the worst ones.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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But there’s a throughline in Smith’s most popular works — he’s been cast repeatedly as a villain, and usually an arrogant or smug one.—
Sophia Solano,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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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The list leans adventurous but not snobby—chill reds, orange wines, pét-nats that taste like Miami sunsets.—
Outside,
Outside,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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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She's got the element of wild transformation on her side, but the performance lacks the kind of prestige appeal necessary to win over the snootier, international voting body of the acting branch.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Snobbish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobbish. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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