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['snɒbɪʃ]* * *adjective She always had a snobbish desire to live in an area of expensive housing.) snobistico* * *snobbish /ˈsnɒbɪʃ/a.snobbishly avv. snobbishness n. [u].* * *['snɒbɪʃ] -
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[pɒʃ]aggettivo colloq.1) (high-class) [person, house, resort, clothes, car] elegante, chic; [ party] mondano2) spreg. (snobbish) [school, district] bene, snobto talk posh — colloq. parlare in modo affettato
* * *[poʃ](of a superior type or class: a posh family; posh clothes.) elegante* * *[pɒʃ] fam(people, neighbourhood, family) per bene, (car, hotel, clothes) elegante2. adv•- posh up* * *posh /pɒʃ/A a. (fam.)2 (ingl., talora spreg.) ricercato; raffinato; da aristocratico; molto su; bene: He speaks with a posh accent, parla con un accento raffinato; parla come un aristocratico; a posh part of the town, un quartiere molto su; un quartiere bene; the posh people, la gente bene; l'alta societàB avv.(fam.) con ricercatezza; con affettazione aristocratica: to speak posh, parlare con accento aristocratico.* * *[pɒʃ]aggettivo colloq.1) (high-class) [person, house, resort, clothes, car] elegante, chic; [ party] mondano2) spreg. (snobbish) [school, district] bene, snobto talk posh — colloq. parlare in modo affettato
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[snɒb] 1.nome snob m. e f.2.modificatore [value, appeal] snobistico* * *[snob](a person who admires people of high rank or social class, and despises those in a lower class etc than himself: Being a snob, he was always trying to get to know members of the royal family.) snob- snobbery- snobbish
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- snobbishness* * *snob /snɒb/n.snob; grande ammiratore (o imitatore servile) delle persone di classe sociale superiore; chi affetta distinzione e gusti raffinati; chi disprezza gli umili; amante dell'esteriorità: an intellectual snob, un intellettualoide● ( di un oggetto) to have a certain snob value, essere apprezzato dalle persone snobsnobberyn. [u]1 snobismosnobbismn. [u]snobbya.snobistico.(to) snob /snɒb/► to snub.* * *[snɒb] 1.nome snob m. e f.2.modificatore [value, appeal] snobistico -
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['snɒbɪʃnɪs]nome snobismo m.* * *noun snobismo* * *snobbishness► snobbish* * *['snɒbɪʃnɪs]nome snobismo m. -
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См. также в других словарях:
Snobbish — Snob bish, a. Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious. {Snob bish*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
snobbish — index disdainful, exclusive (limited), pretentious (pompous) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
snobbish — 1840, “pertaining to snobs,” from SNOB (Cf. snob) + ISH (Cf. ish). Meaning “with the character of a snob” is from 1849. Related: Snobbishly; snobbishness … Etymology dictionary
snobbish — [adj] stuck up, conceited aloof, arrogant, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, high flown*, high hat*, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, persnickety*, pompous, pretentious, putting on airs*, remote, sniffy*, snippy*,… … New thesaurus
snobbish — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ characteristic of or like a snob. DERIVATIVES snobbishly adverb … English terms dictionary
snobbish — [[t]snɒ̱bɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as snobbish, you disapprove of them because they are too proud of their social status, intelligence, or taste. They had a snobbish dislike for their intellectual and social… … English dictionary
snobbish — adjective Date: 1840 being, characteristic of, or befitting a snob < a snobbish attitude > • snobbishly adverb • snobbishness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
snobbish — snobbishly, adv. snobbishness, n. /snob ish/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank. 2. having the character of a snob. [1830 40; SNOB + ISH1] * * * … Universalium
snobbish — adj. Snobbish is used with these nouns: ↑disdain … Collocations dictionary
snobbish — snob|bish [ˈsnɔbıʃ US ˈsna: ] adj also snob|by [ˈsnɔbi US ˈsna: ] behaving in a way that shows you think you are better than other people because you are from a higher social class or know more than they do ▪ Her family seems snobbish.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
snobbish — adjective the snobbish distinction between art and craft Syn: elitist, snobby, superior, supercilious; arrogant, haughty, disdainful, condescending; pretentious, affected; informal snooty, uppity, high and mighty, la di da, stuck up, hoity toity … Thesaurus of popular words