snobbish
Too good, apparently
Snobbish describes someone who looks down on others they consider inferior—in taste, education, wealth, or social standing.
A snobbish person makes judgments about who deserves respect based on such markers: She was snobbish about anyone who hadn't gone to a prestigious university.
The attitude combines superiority with disdain.
Higher in rank
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- arrogantExcessively high self-regard
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
contemptuous · supercilious · patronizing · dismissive · scornful · sneering · imperious · pompous
One favoring the privileged
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
highborn · pedigreed · bourgeois · privileged · well-bred · refined · cultured · gentrified
Excluding those outside one's group
- selectiveChoosing with care
- discriminatingShowing careful judgment
- members-onlyRestricted to enrolled participants
- gatedHaving a barrier entrance
private · VIP · insider · restricted · closed-door · in-crowd · exclusionary · clubby
Artificially contrived behavior
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- highfalutinAffectedly superior or fancy
pretentious · fancy · pseudo-intellectual · aspirational · nouveau · flashy · tasteful · cultivated
Mocking with contempt
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- eye-rollingExpressive gesture of annoyance
- cold-shoulderIntentional social rejection
- name-droppingCiting connections for status
gatekeeping · excluding · belittling · mocking · jeering · taunting · ignoring · slighting
superior
Higher in rank
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- arrogantExcessively high self-regard
disdainful · contemptuous · supercilious · patronizing · dismissive · scornful · sneering · imperious · pompous · stuck-up
elitist
One favoring the privileged
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
patrician · highborn · pedigreed · bourgeois · privileged · well-bred · refined · cultured · gentrified · caste
cliquish
Excluding those outside one's group
- selectiveChoosing with care
- discriminatingShowing careful judgment
- members-onlyRestricted to enrolled participants
gated · private · VIP · insider · restricted · closed-door · in-crowd · exclusionary · clubby · rarefied
affected
Artificially contrived behavior
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
highfalutin · pretentious · fancy · pseudo-intellectual · aspirational · nouveau · flashy · tasteful · cultivated · discerning
scoffing
Mocking with contempt
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- eye-rollingExpressive gesture of annoyance
- cold-shoulderIntentional social rejection
name-dropping · gatekeeping · excluding · belittling · mocking · jeering · taunting · ignoring · slighting · rebuffing
- arrogancearrogant, conceited, pompous, vain, haughty
- dismissive behaviorssnub, scorn, ignore, disdain, dismissal
- egotismarrogant, conceited, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist
- condescendingpatronizing, disdainful, scornful, dismissive, belittling
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
snobbishfriendly
Showing kindness, warmth
welcoming · down-to-earth · warm · sociable · unpretentious
snobbishmodest
Lacking in pretension
humble · unpretentious · unassuming · self-effacing · egoless
snobbishaccepting
Willing to receive
inclusive · open-minded · tolerant · welcoming · nonjudgmental