snobbish

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Except Americans despise snobbery or snobbish attitudes of any kind, its almost taboo, while the Brits embrace it.

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Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

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adjective

Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for snobbish.

adjective

Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

See also: private, clannish, snobby, cliquish, clubby

Example sentences

Except Americans despise snobbery or snobbish attitudes of any kind, its almost taboo, while the Brits embrace it.

At the worst you sound anti-technology, and at best, snobbish about your area of specialty.

Walking around a book store you can find a lot of bland tasteless garbage to fit even the most snobbish pallet.

If anything is snobbish, it's your willingness to impose your will on others through forceful bans that dictate their personal financial activity.

Landlords are, frankly, less snobbish then in SF from what I've seen second-hand via friends who've rented there.

First, even Rich Dad Poor Dad gets an excessive amount of snobbish criticism.

This is a path towards snobbish that many, including myself, find off-putting.

That kind of snobbish behavior is a plague based on insecurity.

But your overly intellectuallized and snobbish categorization misses the main reasons.

They developed a culture that is often snobbish beyond accomplishment.

>Except Americans despise snobbery or snobbish attitudes of any kind, its almost taboo, while the Brits embrace it.

This comment isn't really intended to sound snobbish, but...

Quote examples

It's using the completely correct biology usage: "a similarity of form or structure between organisms" Thinking it only refers to one field and is wrong - when the usage is totally correct (and very applicable) just makes you sound snobbish...

"Anyone can code now - if only a little!" <insert snobbish sniff here> So developers chase off to increasingly intimidating technologies and languages not necessarily because they have SO much more to offer but because the culture represents a return to The Priesthood of days of yore.