snobbish
adj/ˈsnɒbɪʃ/
Etymology From snob + -ish.
1
Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
- St Cyprian's was an expensive and snobbish school which was in process of becoming more snobbish, and, I imagine, more expensive.c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys:
- Synonyms
- snobby, snobbistic, cliquish
- Derived terms
- antisnobbish, snobbishly, snobbishness, unsnobbish