People we loathe and why we hate them (Part 2)

People we loathe and why we hate them (Part 2)



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1️⃣ snob /snɒb $ snɑːb/ noun [countable]   

📖 someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class – used to show disapproval

📎 Adjective: snobbish

♻️ My mother was such a snob she wouldn't let me play with the local children.

♻️ Since going to university he'd become a snob, embarrassed of his family.


2️⃣ look down on something/somebody phrasal verb

📖 to think that you are better than someone else, for example because you are more successful, or of a higher social class than they are

📯 Mr Garcia looks down on anyone who hasn’t had a college education

📯 After all, he is a member of an elite media establishment that both fears and looks down on the talk phenomenon.


3️⃣ vulgar /ˈvʌlɡə $ -ər/ adjective   

📖 not behaving politely in social situations

🛡 He ruined the evening with his vulgar talk about women and about how much he could drink.

🛡 Seldom have we witnessed a more shameless display of rude and vulgar behavior towards an invited guest.



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