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
The list leans adventurous but not snobby—chill reds, orange wines, pét-nats that taste like Miami sunsets.
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Outside,
15 Jan. 2026
This social satire of snobby London literati is about authors, their lovers and muses, and the class dynamics that attract and repel them.
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James Folta,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
When the series opens, Beth (Slow Horses’ Joanna Scanlan), a divorced teacher who feels abandoned by a married son in thrall to his snobby in-laws, is about to hang herself.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
14 Jan. 2026
The actress was best known for her role as snobby social climber Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, the BBC comedy that ran for five seasons between 1990 and 1995.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snobby
Outside,
15 Jan. 2026
This social satire of snobby London literati is about authors, their lovers and muses, and the class dynamics that attract and repel them.
—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
When the series opens, Beth (Slow Horses’ Joanna Scanlan), a divorced teacher who feels abandoned by a married son in thrall to his snobby in-laws, is about to hang herself.
—
Judy Berman,
Time,
14 Jan. 2026
The actress was best known for her role as snobby social climber Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, the BBC comedy that ran for five seasons between 1990 and 1995.
—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snobby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snobby
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The Sound and The Fury Told by four narrators in a stream of consciousness writing style, this 1929 story describes the downfall of a wealthy Southern aristocratic family, the Compsons.
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Because of previous demand, over 20,000 people had been employed in buckle manufacture in the Birmingham area, but when this aristocratic fashion suddenly collapsed in 1786 on the eve of the French Revolution, their trade collapsed along with it.
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The passage is incoherent, yet, in conflating progressive reform with arrogant blind faith, it is perfectly suited to Vance’s cynical conservatism.
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To no one’s surprise, Bonnie is immediately transfixed by her Lilypad (voiced by Greta Lee, whose arrogant smarm effectively threads the needle between Maya Hawke’s Anxiety and Regina George’s everything else).
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Storied animation producer Bonnie Arnold gave short shrift to those who are snobbish about her beloved discipline at Annecy today.
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Hytes, Season 13’s winner Symone, and Season 15’s Marcia Marcia Marcia, who is credited in the film by her real name Marty Lauter, play a trio of snobbish train attendants on the luxurious Glamazonian Hyper Speed Rail.
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While the early years saw one of TV’s best on-and-off romances between man-of-the-people Sam and snooty-pants (but sweet and sincere) Diane, played by the miraculous Shelley Long, the show didn’t miss a step when Diane split and Sam sold the bar to Kirstie Alley’s girlboss Rebecca.
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Particularly his wife, who’s in the running to join a snooty women’s club.
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“Snobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobby. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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