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snobby

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






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Mello appeared as the snobby high school student Chandler in the 1999 romantic hit, which also featured Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

Andie, the main character, had two boys who liked her: her best friend, Duckie, who was kind of weird but funny, and this rich guy Blane, who hung out in a snobby clique.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

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

A feat even the snobbiest mixologist at a high end cocktail bar would brag about.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2021

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2021

They’re labels that have confused the snobbiest of musos.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2017

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

They belonged to the snobbiest element in the school....

From Clark's Field by Robert Herrick


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