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snobby
adjective
informaldisapprovinguk /ˈsnɒb.i/ us /ˈsnɑː.bi/
like a snob(= a person who respects and likes only people who are of a high social class, or a person who has extremely high standards and is not satisfied by the things that ordinary people like): 势利的；爱虚荣的
My friends who live in the city are snobby about the suburbs.
There was a very snobby attitude towards exams at the school.
She is snobbier than she likes to admit.
People are snobby about plastic plant pots until they see how good mine look.
It may seem a bit snobby to have a specific glass for a specific wine, but it really does make a difference in how a wine tastes.
The waitress who finally took our order was extremely snobby and rude.
They've always been a little snobby toward him.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Class & class-consciousness in general
anti-bourgeois
anti-snob
arriviste
bougie
gentrification
gentrify
go/come down in the worldidiom
go/come up in the worldidiom
petit bourgeois
petty bourgeois
pleb
plebby
the bottom of the heapidiom
the gentry
the petite bourgeoisie
the upper crust
underclass
ungenteel
ungentrified
upper class
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