snobby

[ snob-ee ]

adjective

, snob·bi·er, snob·bi·est.

1. condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.

Other Words From

• snobbi·ly adverb
• snobbi·ness snobbism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of snobby¹

First recorded in 1840–50; snob + -y ¹

Example Sentences

It was like, he was the anti-Christ and we came from a snobby, purist direction.

From The Daily Beast

A new study finds that customers are more likely to buy when dealing with snobby salespeople.

From The Daily Beast

Sidestep snobby French cab drivers by hiring an iPad-toting chauffeur-driven car.

From The Daily Beast

At first, bar patrons thought the 52-year-old—immaculately dressed, an athletic blonde with shoulder-length hair—was snobby.

From The Daily Beast

He was a snobby Princeton senior who distrusted his own snobbery.

From The Daily Beast

As the heir to a baronetcy 289 you would be worth ten times more than heir to an Esquireship—in snobby England.

From Project Gutenberg

Sarah Cooper is at the Branch with her snobby little husband and her extravagant toilettes; I'm not going to be patronized by her.

From Project Gutenberg

Your aristocracy is a base imitation of our snobby, revelling in the heartless hording of gold, and vaunting of bad English.'

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We are an uncouth, snobby, and withal, shabby-looking set of varlets.

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Not that any one meant to be rude, but they are so snobby that they cast a cloud over ones fun.

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Related Words

• arrogant
• pretentious
• snobbish