snobbish

• snobish

snob +‎ -ish

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɒbɪʃ/

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snobbish (comparative more snobbish, superlative most snobbish)

1. Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
   • c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys:

     St Cyprian's was an expensive and snobbish school which was in process of becoming more snobbish, and, I imagine, more expensive.

• snobby
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