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View usage for: (snɒbɪʃ) adjectiveIf 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. Synonyms: superior, arrogant, stuck-up [informal], patronizing More Synonyms of snobbish snobbishness uncountable noun ...his snobbishness and loathing of democracy. Examples of 'snobbish' in a sentencesnobbish I'd expected her to be snobbish but she was warm and friendly. Synonyms uppity (informal) toffee-nosed (slang, mainly British) high-hat (informal, mainly US) uppish (British, informal) Opposites modest , humble , down to earth , unassuming , natural , unpretentious , without airs , unostentatious Additional synonymsDefinition having an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance or ability an air of arrogant indifference Synonyms conceited, lordly, assuming, proud, swaggering, pompous, pretentious, stuck up (informal), cocky, contemptuous, blustering, imperious, overbearing, haughty, scornful, puffed up, egotistical, disdainful, self-important, presumptuous, high-handed, insolent, supercilious, high and mighty (informal), overweening, immodest, swollen-headed, bigheaded (informal), uppish (British, informal), too big for your boots or breeches I'm fed up with your condescending attitude. Synonyms patronizing, lordly, superior, lofty, snooty (informal), snobbish, disdainful, supercilious, toffee-nosed (slang, British), on your high horse (informal) Definition too confident and full of self-importance I think you're a bit too high and mighty yourself. Synonyms self-important, superior, arrogant, stuck-up (informal), conceited, imperious, overbearing, haughty, snobbish, disdainful- snivel
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Additional synonymsDefinition arrogant or haughty My auntie up from the south was trying to be all hoity-toity. Synonyms haughty, proud, arrogant, stuck-up (informal), lofty, conceited, snooty (informal), scornful, snobbish, disdainful, supercilious, high and mighty (informal), overweening, toffee-nosed (slang, British), uppish (British, informal) a patronizing attitude to the homeless Synonyms condescending, superior, stooping, lofty, gracious, contemptuous, haughty, snobbish, disdainful, supercilious, toffee-nosed (slang, British) Definition vulgarly showy He talked a lot of pretentious twaddle about modern art. Synonyms affected, mannered, exaggerated, pompous, assuming, hollow, inflated, extravagant, high-flown, flaunting, grandiose, conceited, showy, ostentatious, snobbish, puffed up, bombastic, specious, grandiloquent, vainglorious, high-sounding, highfalutin (informal), overambitious, arty-farty (informal), magniloquentDefinition behaving as if superior to other people snooty intellectuals Synonyms snobbish, superior, aloof, pretentious, stuck-up (informal), condescending, proud, haughty, disdainful, snotty, uppity (informal), supercilious, high and mighty (informal), toffee-nosed (slang, British), hoity-toity (informal), high-hat (informal, US), uppish (British, informal), toplofty (informal) Definition proud or snobbish She was a famous actress but she wasn't a bit stuck-up. Synonyms snobbish, arrogant, conceited, proud, patronizing, condescending, snooty (informal), haughty, uppity (informal), high and mighty (informal), toffee-nosed (slang, British), hoity-toity (informal), swollen-headed, bigheaded (informal), uppish (British, informal) Synonyms conceited, affected, arrogant, stuck-up (informal), cocky, snobbish, self-important, presumptuous, uppity (informal), supercilious, high and mighty (informal), overweening, toffee-nosed (slang, British), putting on airs, hoity-toity (informal) |