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snubbish

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Somewhat snub.
  2. Inclined to snub or belittle others.

Examples

“a snubbish nose”
“Spirit of Kant! have⟳ we not had enough / To make⟳ Religion sad, and sour, and snubbish, / But Saints Zoological must cant their stuff, / As vessels cant their ballast — rattling rubbish!”
“There's your snubbish faux-punk fashion crowd, the commercial fashion crowd who are still snubbish but much more buttoned-down, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

snubby snubproof snuffier snuffiest snuffish snuffless

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