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snob
[ snob ]
noun
- a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- a person who claims to be an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions or have different tastes regarding this field:
a musical snob.
snob
/ snɒb /
noun
- a person who strives to associate with those of higher social status and who behaves condescendingly to others Compare inverted snob
- ( as modifier )
snob appeal
- a person having similar pretensions with regard to his tastes, etc
an intellectual snob
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Derived Forms
- ˈsnobbishly, adverb
- ˈsnobbery, noun
- ˈsnobbishness, noun
- ˈsnobby, adjective
- ˈsnobbish, adjective
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Other Words From
- an·ti·snob noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snob1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snob1
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Example Sentences
You write a lot about how you were a jerk or a snob when it came to comedy or film.
Read another way, she is a horrible mother, an uptight snob, and a bit of a shrew.
Surely, an unreconstructed snob could misconstrue much more.
What a snob ... Oh, I understand why he wants you to go to college.
He was educated, like Fleming, at Eton, but unlike his creator, he was no snob.
Perhaps, like father, I am a snob at heart and liked the sensation of a sort of artistic alliance with the British aristocracy.
"I and Disraeli put up at the same tavern last night," said a dandified snob, the other day.
The three children call him the "Party Bird" for he is always so dressed up, but their father says he is "a bit of a snob."
Or perhaps a species of snob who cannot see the difference between his own foolishness and the foolishness of others.
She knew him quite well for an ill-bred little snob at heart.
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