snob
noun
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
Example Sentences
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To Sohm, snobbishness on the part of a sommelier is a sign of insecurity; he has seen it in some young members of his profession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Connoisseurs, some who study to become water sommeliers, insist this trend isn’t about snobbishness.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
I was, to put it bluntly, at my apogee of cinematic snobbishness.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2020
A stylish and well-informed writer, Thompson brings a snobbishness of her own to her sympathetic account of Mitford’s life.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2019
Acutest self-reproach assailed him; he accused himself inwardly of many faults and follies—of ingratitude, of snobbishness, of a ridiculous self-conceit.
From Second String by Anthony Hope
