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snobbish

/ˈsnɒbɪʃ/

snobbish adjective: having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

Adjective

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.
    • St Cyprian's was an expensive and snobbish school which was in process of becoming more snobbish, and, I imagine, more expensive.c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys

snobbish meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Persian

snobbish in Hindi

snobbish, haughty, full of oneself
नकचढ़ा nakcaṛhā

snobbish in Bengali

অহংকারী, দেমাকি

snobbish in Malayalam

വലിയഭാവം നടിക്കുന്ന, പൊങ്ങച്ചമുള്ള, ഘനഭാവം നടിക്കുന്ന

snobbish in Persian

having the property of being a snob
متفرعن motefar'en

Synonyms of snobbish

Forms of snobbish

comparativemore snobbish
superlativemost snobbish
alternative formsnobish

Origin of snobbish

From snob + -ish.

Words formed from snobbish

Questions about snobbish

What does snobbish mean?
Snobbish means having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
What is snobbish in Hindi?
Snobbish in Hindi is नकचढ़ा (nakcaṛhā). See Snobbish meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is snobbish?
Snobbish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce snobbish?
Snobbish is pronounced /ˈsnɒbɪʃ/.

Words near snobbish in the dictionary

  1. snobbery
  2. snobbier
  3. snobbiest
  4. snobbily
  5. snobbiness
  6. snobbish
  7. snobbishly
  8. snobbishness
  9. snobbishnesses
  10. snobbism
  11. snobbisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snobbish (page history and authors); नकचढ़ा (Hindi) (page history and authors); snobbish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snobbish (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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