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adjective
- 1. relating to, characteristic of, or like a snob: "the writer takes a rather snobbish tone"
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snobbish. adjective. disapproving uk / ˈsnɒb.ɪʃ / us / ˈsnɑː.bɪʃ / (informal snobby) Add to word list. C2. like a snob: My brother is very snobbish about cars. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Class & class-consciousness in general.
The meaning of SNOBBISH is being, characteristic of, or befitting a snob. How to use snobbish in a sentence.
If you're snobbish, you believe there are different social classes of people, and that you belong to the highest one. A snobbish person might think that graduating from a certain college makes him better than others, or that having more money makes him superior to those with less.
adjective. If you describe someone as snobbish, you disapprove of them because they are too proud of their social status, intelligence, or taste. [disapproval] They had a snobbish dislike for their intellectual and social inferiors. I'd expected her to be snobbish but she was warm and friendly.
Define snobbish. snobbish synonyms, snobbish pronunciation, snobbish translation, English dictionary definition of snobbish. adj. Of, befitting, or resembling a snob; pretentious. snob′bish·ly adv. snob′bish·ness n.
adjective. disapproving us / ˈsnɑː.bɪʃ / uk / ˈsnɒb.ɪʃ / (informal snobby) Add to word list. C2. like a snob: My brother is very snobbish about cars. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Class & class-consciousness in general. anti-bourgeois. anti-snob. arriviste. bougie. gentrification. gentrify. go/come down in the world idiom.
Snobbish definition: of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob. See examples of SNOBBISH used in a sentence.
Definition of snobbish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
(Definition of snobbish from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of snobbish. in Chinese (Traditional) 勢利的, 愛虛榮的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 势利的, 爱虚荣的… See more. in Spanish. esnob, altanero, arrogante [masculine-feminine… See more. in Portuguese. esnobe, enfatuado, pretensioso… See more.
If you describe someone as snobbish, you disapprove of them because they are too proud of their social status, intelligence, or taste.
