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snobby

[snob-ee] / ˈsnɒb i /
ADJECTIVE
patronizing
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
humble unconceited






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Look over here, you snobby basketball and soccer elitists!

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

“That just makes it more threatening in my mind. And I like to think of her as more vulnerable than just snobby or superior. I think it’s way more insecure.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

Dame Patricia Routledge, who has died at the age of 96, imprinted herself on the national consciousness as the snobby Hyacinth Bucket.

From BBC Oct. 3, 2025

It’s easy to blame this lack of welcome on exclusionary, or perhaps just plain snobby, elites.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2025

“I don’t know. He’s—well, snobby and smart-aleck. Always got a chip on his shoulder. And he’s dirty.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

The details were precise because St. Aubyn actually had the British upper-class background that, as Clive James noted, the snobbier Evelyn Waugh longed for.

From New York Times May 31, 2021

Isn’t it snobbier, really, to expect us to stick to a pre-approved checklist of Oscar hopefuls?

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2019

If he were plain Mr Philip Windsor, he would be seen as a tiresome old toff, with some drearily old-fashioned prejudices: an older, snobbier version of Nigel Farage but without the roguish charm.

From The Guardian May 4, 2017

Lanyard Envy has been surpassed by Clearance Envy, a far snobbier Freudian affliction.

From Washington Post

Winchester Model 12 It is well known among the snobbier of shotgun enthusiasts that no repeating shotgun can handle as well as an over/under or a side-by-side.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even the snobbiest TV snoots can’t resist Alan Cumming as the playfully sadistic laird of Ardross Castle, emceeing what is essentially a closed circle murder mystery.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2026

Dad hats are a go-to fashion accessory for even the snobbiest among us.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2021

It was named as best film of the decade by some of the snobbiest film mags in the firmament, including Cahiers du Cinema, Slant, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, IndieWIRE and The Village Voice.

From The Guardian Oct. 3, 2010

I was disappointed to learn that you have ranked Washington, D.C., as the second snobbiest city in America, behind only San Francisco.

From Washington Post

Even among the softest and snobbiest of boys and masters there will always remain a residuum of male self-respect.

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert




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