snobs

noun

plural of snob
as in snots
a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior the snobs at the museum fund-raiser turned their little noses up at us because we weren't wearing designer outfits

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Recent Examples of snobs Kate Phillips, the BBC’s content chief, has a message for reality TV snobs. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026 Alessi Pulcina Stove Top Coffee Maker Beloved by coffee snobs and design aficionados alike, the Alessi stovetop coffee maker blends high-quality brewing with a form that is beautiful enough to leave out all day long. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026 According to greenhead snobs, some of my best duck hunts were for nothing more than scraps? — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2026 So maybe just relax, fashion snobs, and have yourself one of those honey deuce cocktails. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Breaking down the song of the summer debate Music reviewers on social media are, more often than not, pretentious snobs who take themselves too seriously, but Mic The Snare is a welcome change of pace. — Moises Mendez Ii, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Even the rock snobs at Rolling Stone loved her, flying her to New York in ’77 for an extraordinary photo shoot in which Annie Leibovitz paired Parton with an emerging Austrian bodybuilding star. — David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026 The film captures the friction between tennis snobs and the more democratic pickleballers while examining father-son relationships and intergenerational friendships. — Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 Pinot Noir and Riesling snobs may prefer to hop across the lake to von Mandl’s winery that concentrates solelyon those grapes—Martin’s Lane. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 July 2026

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“Snobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobs. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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