snubbish

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adjective

Somewhat snub.

“a snubbish nose”

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Meanings

adjectivesnubbish (comparative more snubbish, superlative most snubbish)

comparative more snubbish · superlative most snubbish

  1. Somewhat snub.

    a snubbish nose

  2. Inclined to snub or belittle others.

    There's your snubbish faux-punk fashion crowd, the commercial fashion crowd who are still snubbish but much more buttoned-down, […]

    2006, Roz Bailey, Retail Therapy, page 187
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    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!

    1834, Thomas Hood, Tylney Hall

Origin

From snub + -ish.

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APA

snubbish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snubbish

MLA

“snubbish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snubbish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snubbish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snubbish.

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