snobby

adjective

snob·​by ˈsnä-bē How to pronounce snobby (audio)
snobbier; snobbiest
: characterized by snobbery
a snobby brat
snobby neighborhoods

Examples of snobby in a Sentence

the snobby waiter gave me a withering look when I ordered the cheapest wine on the list
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And that led us to an aesthetic that combines our sense of humor and our obtuse, snobby art rock sensibility. Bill Kopp, SPIN, 30 Oct. 2024 McNab first garnered attention in Addams Family Values (1993) as a snobby camper who looks down on Wednesday. Danny Horn, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024 In the fourth episode of The Perfect Couple—the soapy Netflix murder mystery that takes place on the moneyed island of Nantucket—Dakota Fanning’s character, the snobby Abby Winbury, has some choice words about a revealing Missoni dress worn by Meghann Fahy’s Merritt Monaco. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2024 So few Millennial filmmakers display literary interest of any sort that one is inclined to look back at the Merchant-Ivory output with new respect for what seemed like snobby pretentiousness when the films were first released. Armond White, National Review, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for snobby 

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of snobby was in 1846

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“Snobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snobby. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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snobby

adjective
snob·​by ˈsnäb-ē How to pronounce snobby (audio)
snobbier; snobbiest
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