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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“At seventeen I met a thin, heavy-thighed, balding man who talked and talked, snobbishly, bookishly, and called me ‘Sweet.’
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2019
Byron, among others, snobbishly dismissed Keats as a mere ‘Cockney poet’.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2019
Others were jerks — of either the snobbishly aloof or browbeating variety.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2018
It’s thought to be snobbishly pedantic for one to think critically about these wines, as if preferring a good bottle robs everyone else of the lighthearted diversion that is rosé.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2018
Olive, who truly believed that her family was the best in the world, quite snobbishly would not permit it to be touched by debt.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
