Synonyms for snobby
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : snob-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsnɒb i |
Top 10 synonyms for snobby Other synonyms for the word snobby
- contemptuous
- disdainful
- egotistic
- elitist
- fresh
- haughty
- high and mighty
- high-and-mighty
- high-flown
- high-hat
- highfalutin'
- imperious
- impertinent
- insolent
- know-it-all
- la-de-da
- lofty
- nervy
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- patronizing
- persnickety
- pompous
- pretentious
- proud
- puffed up
- putting on airs
- remote
- sassy
- scornful
- self-important
- smart-alecky
- smug
- sniffy
- snippy
- snobby
- snooty
- snotty
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superior
- swanky
- tony
- uppity
- vainglorious
Définition of snobby
Origin :- 1835, from snob + -y (2). Related: Snobbiness.
- As in snotty : adj arrogant
- As in supercilious : adj arrogant, stuck-up
- As in patronizing : adj condescending
- As in uppish : adj snobbish
- Carriages, with servants in snobby coats, beset the doors of the theatre.
- Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
- We are an uncouth, snobby, and withal, shabby-looking set of varlets.
- Extract from : « Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack » by Elisha Kent Kane
- I'll see somebody struck by lightnin', or hear a voice sayin', "Snobby Price: where will you spend eternity?"
- Extract from : « The Social Significance of the Modern Drama » by Emma Goldman
- Thought you might be snobby on account of being volunteers, but I swear you're a bloody human lot.
- Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
- We are snobby, because our advance in the new art does not yet extend to the picturesque or well-fitting.
- Extract from : « Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack » by Elisha Kent Kane
- "He isn't much of an addition to the team—too snobby for me," spoke Paul in a low voice.
- Extract from : « Dick Hamilton's Football Team » by Howard R. Garis
- Not that any one meant to be rude, but they are so snobby that they cast a cloud over ones fun.
- Extract from : « The Liberty Girl » by Rena I. Halsey
- As the heir to a baronetcy 289 you would be worth ten times more than heir to an Esquireship—in snobby England.
- Extract from : « The Life of Sir Richard Burton » by Thomas Wright
- Sarah Cooper is at the Branch with her snobby little husband and her extravagant toilettes; I'm not going to be patronized by her.
- Extract from : « Winter Evening Tales » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- Your aristocracy is a base imitation of our snobby, revelling in the heartless hording of gold, and vaunting of bad English.'
- Extract from : « The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth » by Timothy Templeton
Antonyms for snobby
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