Definitions for SNOBsnɒb
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
snobsnɒb(n.)
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending to others.
a person who believes himself or herself to have superior tastes and is condescending toward those with different tastes:
an intellectual snob.
Origin of snob:
1775–85; orig. uncert.
snob′by(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
snob, prig, snot, snoot(noun)
a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
snob(noun)ɒb
sb who thinks they are better than most other people
He's a real snob about the wine he drinks.
Wiktionary
snob(Noun)
A person who seeks to be, or is, a member of the upper classes and looks down on lower classes, such as the middle class and the poor. More generally, an egotistical person who often thinks of people as inferior, particularly anyone not being within their clique or class.
You really are a little snob, arenu2019t you?
Origin: Popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray, Book of Snobs, 1848
Webster Dictionary
Snob(noun)
a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors
Snob(noun)
a townsman
Snob(noun)
a journeyman shoemaker
Snob(noun)
a workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick
Translations for SNOB
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
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.
- snobAfrikaans
- من يَتَكَبَّر على أفْراد طَبَقَتِهِ الإجْتِماعِيَّهArabic
- снобBulgarian
- esnobePortuguese (BR)
- povýšenecCzech
- der SnobGerman
- snobDanish
- φαντασμένος, σνομπGreek
- esnobSpanish
- snoobEstonian
- آدم افاده ايFarsi
- hienostelijaFinnish
- snobFrench
- סְנוֹבHebrew
- वर्गदंभी, अभिमानीHindi
- snobCroatian
- sznobHungarian
- snobIndonesian
- snobb, snobbaður maðurIcelandic
- snobItalian
- 紳士気どりの人Japanese
- 속물Korean
- snobasLithuanian
- snobsLatvian
- penyombongMalay
- snobDutch
- snobbNorwegian
- snobPolish
- آدم افاده ايPersian
- كلانكاره، په ځان غره، جګ ريبونكى، دمعتبرو چاپلوسPashto
- snobePortuguese
- snobRomanian
- снобRussian
- snob, povýšenec, nadutecSlovak
- snobSlovenian
- snobSerbian
- snobbSwedish
- คนหัวสูงThai
- züppe kimseTurkish
- 自負傲慢的人Chinese (Trad.)
- снобUkrainian
- دولت اور بڑے مرتبے کے لوگوں کو اہمیت دینے والاUrdu
- trưởng giả học làm sangVietnamese
- 自命不凡者，势利小人Chinese (Simp.)
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