snobbishness

  • 101disdain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scorn, contempt; arrogance, hauteur. See inattention, indifference. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scorn, haughtiness, contempt; see arrogance , hatred 1 . v. Syn. reject, scorn, despise, ignore; see despise …

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  • 102haughtiness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. insolence, aloofness, snobbishness; see arrogance . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being arrogant: arrogance, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, lordliness, overbear ingness, presumption, pride, pridefulness,… …

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  • 103snobbery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. presumption, pretension, pomposity, snootiness, hauteur; see also arrogance . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. snobbishness, elitism, airs, pretension, pretentiousness, haughtiness, conceit, *snootiness, hauteur,… …

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  • 104hauteur — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [ho TUR] haughtiness, arrogance. He regarded us with his usual hauteur. SYN.: haughtiness, arrogance, disdain, snobbishness, condescension, pride, self importance, imperiousness, superiority,… …

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  • 105snobbish — 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.… …

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  • 106bicycle — (n.) 1868, coined from BI (Cf. bi ) two + Gk. kyklos circle, wheel (see CYCLE (Cf. cycle) (n.)), on the pattern of TRICYCLE (Cf. tricycle); both the word and the vehicle superseding earlier VELOCIPEDE (Cf. velocipede). The English word probably… …

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  • 107snobbish — 1840, “pertaining to snobs,” from SNOB (Cf. snob) + ISH (Cf. ish). Meaning “with the character of a snob” is from 1849. Related: Snobbishly; snobbishness …

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  • 108disdainfulness — n. scornfulness, quality of showing contempt; snobbishness, arrogance …

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  • 109haughtiness — haugh·ti·ness || hɔːtɪnɪs n. arrogance, snobbishness, disdainfulness …

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  • 110snootiness — n. snobbishness, conceit, arrogance, condescension …

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