snobbish
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. Compare inverted snob a person who strives to associate with those of higher social status and who behaves condescendingly to others |
| b. (as modifier): snob appeal | |
| 2. | a person having similar pretensions with regard to his tastes, etc: an intellectual snob |
| [C18 (in the sense: shoemaker; hence, C19: a person who flatters those of higher station, etc): of unknown origin] | |
| 'snobbery | |
| —n | |
| 'snobbish | |
| —adj | |
| 'snobbishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'snobbishness | |
| —n | |
| 'snobbism | |
| —n | |
| 'snobby | |
| —adj | |
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Snobbish
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Example sentences
When manners are snobbish, they serve to make people feel inferior and ignorant.
The name comes from the lookdowns countenance, which is reminiscent of a snobbish or disapproving human expression.
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