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snob
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- pronunciation:
- snab
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
someone who admires and emulates those of a high social or intellectual class and acts or feels superior to anyone of a lower standing.
She's become a snob since becoming successful and has little time for her old friends. |
| definition 2: |
someone who is sure of or conceited about his or her superiority in a field of knowledge.
I never bring a bottle of wine to a party at his house because he's such a wine snob. |
| definition 3: |
someone who prefers what he or she considers the finest things in quality or status and feels offended by having to use or consume things of lower quality or status.
My brother spends so much money on coffee because he's such a snob about it. He won't even drink the coffee at my house. |
| related words: |
aristocrat |
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| derivations: |
snobbish (adj.), snobbishly (adv.) |
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