Snob

  • 31Snob — Karikatur im Buch Book of Snobs von William Makepeace Thakeray, 1868[1] Der aus dem Englischen eingedeutschte Begriff Snob bezeichnet eine Person, die durch ihr Verhalten und/oder ihre Aussagen offensiv Reichtum und gesellschaftliche… …

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  • 32Snob — eitler Pfau (umgangssprachlich); Angeber; Gesellschaftslöwe (umgangssprachlich); Schnösel (umgangssprachlich) * * * Snob [snɔp], der; s, s (abwertend): Person, die sich gern extravagant gibt und glaubt, aufgrund eines entsprechenden Äußeren oder… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 33snob — [[t]snɒ̱b[/t]] snobs 1) N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a snob, you disapprove of them because they admire upper class people and have a low opinion of lower class people. Going to a private school and spending weekends with other… …

    English dictionary

  • 34snob — [vc. ingl., di origine scandinava, propriamente «calzolaio, uomo rozzo»; divulgata dal Libro degli Snob di Thackeray, ma presente nel gergo ant. dell università di Cambridge per indicare ogni estraneo a quell ambiente] s. m. e f. inv.; anche agg …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 35snob — noun (C) 1 someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class and dislikes being with them or doing the things they do: John wouldn t go to a football match, he s too much of a snob. 2 intellectual snob someone who thinks… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 36snob —    This is a word of obscure origin which began by being a term in slang for a shoemaker. In the early part of the nineteenth century, chiefly due to William Thackeray, the word began to acquire something like its modern meaning of one who looks… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 37SNOB — adj. des deux genres Mot emprunté de l’anglais. Il se dit de Celui, de celle qui est atteint de snobisme. Il est très snob. Elle est un peu snob. Il s’emploie aussi comme nom masculin. C’est un snob …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 38snob — noun a person who has an exaggerated respect for high social position or wealth and who looks down on those regarded as socially inferior. ↘a person with a similar respect for tastes considered superior in a particular area: a wine snob.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 39snob — UK [snɒb] / US [snɑb] noun [countable] Word forms snob : singular snob plural snobs showing disapproval a) someone who thinks they are better than other people, usually because of their social class. This word shows that you do not like people… …

    English dictionary

  • 40snob — [[t]snɒb[/t]] n. 1) a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending to others 2) a person who believes himself or herself to have superior tastes and is condescending toward those with different… …

    From formal English to slang