snob

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snob

(snŏb)

1. One who despises, ignores, or is patronizing to those he or she considers inferior.

2. One who is convinced of his or her superiority in matters of taste or intellect.

[Earlier snob, cobbler, lower-class person, one who aspires to social prominence.]

snob′by adj.

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snob

(snɒb)

a. a person who strives to associate with those of higher social status and who behaves condescendingly to others. Compare inverted snob

b. (as modifier): snob appeal.

2. a person having similar pretensions with regard to his tastes, etc: an intellectual snob.

[C18 (in the sense: shoemaker; hence, C19: a person who flatters those of higher station, etc): of unknown origin]

ˈsnobbery n

ˈsnobbish adj

ˈsnobbishly adv

ˈsnobbishness, ˈsnobbism n

ˈsnobby adj

ˈsnobbily adv

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snob

(snɒb)

n.

1. a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending to others.

2. a person who believes himself or herself to have superior tastes and is condescending toward those with different tastes: an intellectual snob.

[1775–85; orig. uncertain]

snob′bish, adj.

snob′by, adj.

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Noun

snob - a person regarded as arrogant and annoying

prig, snoot, snot

disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

snob

noun elitist, highbrow, social climber She was an intellectual snob.

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snob

noun

One who despises people or things regarded as inferior, especially because of social or intellectual pretension:

elitist.

Informal: snoot.

Translations

مُتَكَبِر

povýšenecsnob

snob

Snob

σνομπ

esnob snob

snobi

snobsalonard

snob

sznob

snobb, snobbaîur maîur

snob intellettualoide

紳士気取りの俗物

속물

snobassnobiškaisnobiškassnobizmas

snobs

snob

snobb

คนที่คิดว่าตนดีกว่าคนอื่น

züppezüppe kimse

trưởng giả học làm sang

势利小人自命不凡者

snob

[snɒb] N → snob mf, esnob mf
he's an intellectual snob → presume de intelectual

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

snob

[ˈsnɒb] n → snob mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

snob

n → Snob m; snob appeal or value → Snobappeal m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

snob

[snɒb] n → snob m/f inv
he's an intellectual snob → è uno snob in fatto di cultura

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

snob

(snob) noun

a person who admires people of high rank or social class, and despises those in a lower class etc than himself. Being a snob, he was always trying to get to know members of the royal family.

ˈsnobbery noun

behaviour, talk etc that is typical of a snob. She couldn't bear her mother's snobbery.

ˈsnobbish adjective

She always had a snobbish desire to live in an area of expensive housing.

ˈsnobbishly adverb

ˈsnobbishness noun

snob

→ مُتَكَبِر snob snob Snob σνομπ esnob snobi snob snob snob 紳士気取りの俗物 속물 snob snobb snob esnobe, snob сноб snobb คนที่คิดว่าตนดีกว่าคนอื่น züppe trưởng giả học làm sang 势利小人

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It was in Punch that his famous "Snob Papers" appeared.

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"And now to come to those qualities in which David excels over Porthos--the first is that he is no snob but esteems the girl Irene (pretentiously called his nurse) more than any fine lady, and envies every ragged boy who can hit to leg.

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He knew that Mildred was a snob. But he found no means by which he could indicate to her that he did not mind how common the aunt was.

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I suppose I must own that he was from time to time a snob, and from time to time a liar, but I believe that he loved the truth, and would have liked always to respect himself if he could.

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In about a quarter of an hour Mr Chuckster (with a pen behind his ear and his face inflamed with wine) appeared at the door, and condescending to address Kit by the jocose appellation of 'Young Snob,' informed him that the visitors were coming out.

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If I run my luck against theirs, and go into school without looking at my lessons, and don't get called up, why am I a snob or a sneak?

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The hero heated red-hot with his own triumph, welcomes the poor little snob cheerfully, with a volley of oaths.

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Enterprising young housekeepers are measuring the looking-glasses and hangings to see if they will suit the new menage (Snob will brag for years that he has purchased this or that at Dives's sale), and Mr.

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He was a snob, and so conceited, and he did say such unkind things."

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And then there came to my mind, in a sudden, brilliant flash upon the screen of recollection the picture of Ajor as I had last seen her, and I lived again the delicious moment in which we had clung to one another, lips smothering lips, as I left her to go to the council hall of Al-tan; and I could have kicked myself for the snob and the cad that my thoughts had proven me--me, who had always prided myself that I was neither the one nor the other!

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Tom had no handkerchief, and he looked upon boys who had as snobs.

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Miserable snobs! May their dirty souls be burnt to cinders!" he exclaimed in tones of ironic resentment.