snobbish

snob·bish

(snŏb′ĭsh)

adj.

Of, befitting, or resembling a snob; pretentious.

snob′bish·ly adv.

snob′bish·ness n.

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Adj.

snobbish - befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

cliquish, snobby, clannish, clubby

private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"

snobbish

adjective superior, arrogant, stuck-up (informal), patronizing, condescending, snooty (informal), pretentious, uppity, high and mighty (informal), toffee-nosed (slang, chiefly Brit.), hoity-toity (informal), high-hat (informal, chiefly U.S.), uppish (Brit. informal) I'd expected her to be snobbish but she was warm and friendly.
modest, humble, down to earth, unassuming, natural, unpretentious, without airs, unostentatious

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snobbish

adjective

Characteristic of or resembling a snob:

elitist, snobby.

Informal: high-hat, snooty, stuck-up, uppish, uppity.

Translations

مُتَكَبِّر، نَفّاج، مَزْهُوٌّ بِنَفْسِه

povýšenecký

snobistisch

snob

sznob

snobbaîur

borioso snobistico

snobbet

povýšenecký

züppemsi

势利的自命不凡的

snobbish

[ˈsnɒbɪʃ] ADJ → snob, esnob

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

snobbish

[ˈsnɒbɪʃ] adj → snob inv

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

snobbish

adj → snobistisch, versnobt (inf); place → für Snobs; to be snobbish about something → bei etw wählerisch sein

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snobbish

[ˈsnɒbɪʃ] adj → snob inv

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snob

(snob) noun

a person who admires people of high rank or social class, and despises those in a lower class etc than himself. Being a snob, he was always trying to get to know members of the royal family.

ˈsnobbery noun

behaviour, talk etc that is typical of a snob. She couldn't bear her mother's snobbery.

ˈsnobbish adjective

She always had a snobbish desire to live in an area of expensive housing.

ˈsnobbishly adverb

ˈsnobbishness noun

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