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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Even snobbishly independent travelers like us, we concluded, could find inspiration in the traditions, landscapes, camaraderie and hospitality a pilgrimage offers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
“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
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
