Antonyms for snobbish


Grammar : Adj
Spell : snob-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsnɒb ɪʃ


Definition of snobbish

Origin :
  • 1840, "pertaining to snobs," from snob + -ish. Meaning "with the character of a snob" is from 1849. Related: Snobbishly; snobbishness.
  • adj stuck-up, conceited
Example sentences :
  • But she constantly recalls what that snobbish Bines was unfair enough to tell her.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She had learned to know that Althea was not only snobbish, but self-seeking as well.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • To define it was difficult, but Margaret knew what it was not: it was not snobbish.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • She may not be your class; and that's just why it's snobbish.
  • Extract from : « The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • But she wasn't as nice as she looked; in her way she was as snobbish as is Chad.
  • Extract from : « We Ten » by Lyda Farrington Kraus
  • Madge knew that Alfred Thornton was snobbish and mean-spirited.
  • Extract from : « Madge Morton's Secret » by Amy D. V. Chalmers
  • And from the mother whom those intolerant, snobbish sisters had execrated.
  • Extract from : « Otherwise Phyllis » by Meredith Nicholson
  • Herbert, if I did n't know you were cynical, I should say you were snobbish.
  • Extract from : « Backlog Studies » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • Snobbish town first toward outsider, but not long—after know you.
  • Extract from : « Flappers and Philosophers » by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • You're the only conductor I know who is not snobbish about singers.
  • Extract from : « Song of the Lark » by Willa Cather

Synonyms for snobbish

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