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SNOBBISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snobbish mean?
• SNOBBISH (adjective)
The adjective SNOBBISH has 1 sense:
1. befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Familiarity information: SNOBBISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Synonyms:
clannish; cliquish; clubby; snobbish; snobby
Similar:
private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)
Derivation:
snobbishness (the trait of condescending to those of lower social status)
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