snobbish
/ˈsnɒbɪʃ
/adjective
Relating to, characteristic of, or like a snob: the writer takes a rather snobbish tone...
- Even the most obvious and patently true observation therefore runs the risk of appearing condescending, arrogant or snobbish.
- If this profession of my love for my own name makes me an arrogant and snobbish character, so be it.
- I am fully aware that my reaction is exclusive, snotty and downright snobbish.
Synonyms
elitist, snobby, superior, supercilious, exclusive;
arrogant, proud, haughty, disdainful;
patronizing, condescending;
pretentious, affected
informal snooty, uppity, high and mighty, la-di-da, fancy-pants, stuck-up, hoity-toity, snotty
British informal toffee-nosed
North American informal high-hat, toplofty
Derivatives
snobbishly
/ adverb ...- ‘The guy is an idiot,’ he continued snobbishly.
- They answered him snobbishly that if he is able to swim a few laps under a certain amount of time, then they will give him the permission.
- I was about to say, snobbishly, that it's the nonvoters (yes, a much faster-growing and more potent audience segment than voters) who were watching.
snobbishness
/ noun ...- It's a personal opinion, a reaction to literary arrogance and snobbishness.
- Beside Percy stood a younger boy, with darker hair and a pouting face and the man who had to be Percy's father, with a forbidding demeanour and more pride and snobbishness than Percy had ever shown.
- If anything, I'd presume there may well be a snobbishness about his work amongst academics, precisely because it was so popular.