snubbish

English

Etymology

snub +‎ -ish

Adjective

snubbish (comparative more snubbish, superlative most snubbish)

1. Somewhat snub.

   a snubbish nose

2. Inclined to snub or belittle others.
   • 1834, Thomas Hood, Tylney Hall:

     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!

   • 2006, Roz Bailey, Retail Therapy, page 187:

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