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snubbish

snubbish adjective: somewhat snub.

Adjective

snubbish (comparative more snubbish, superlative most snubbish)

  1. Somewhat snub.
    • a snubbish nose
  2. Inclined to snub or belittle others.
    • Spirit of Kant! have we not had enough / To make Religion sad, and sour, and snubbish, / But Saints Zoological must cant their stuff, / As vessels cant their ballast — rattling rubbish!1834, Thomas Hood, Tylney Hall
    • There's your snubbish faux-punk fashion crowd, the commercial fashion crowd who are still snubbish but much more buttoned-down, […]2006, Roz Bailey, Retail Therapy, page 187

Forms of snubbish

comparativemore snubbish
superlativemost snubbish

Origin of snubbish

From snub + -ish.

Words formed from snubbish

Questions about snubbish

What does snubbish mean?
Snubbish means somewhat snub.
What part of speech is snubbish?
Snubbish is an adjective.

Words near snubbish in the dictionary

  1. snubbing
  2. snubbing post
  3. snubbing posts
  4. snubbingly
  5. snubbings
  6. snubbish
  7. snubbishly
  8. snubbishness
  9. snubby
  10. snubfin
  11. snubfins

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