Cliquish

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cliquish \cli"quish\ (kl[=e]"k[i^]sh), a.
     Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques;
     exclusive in spirit. -- {Cli"*quish*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  cliquish
       adj : befitting or characteristic of those who inclined to social
             exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people
             considered inferior [syn: {clannish}, {clubby}, {snobbish},
              {snobby}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "cliquish":
     arrogant, clannish, cliquey, contemptuous, contumelious,
     disdainful, elect, ethnocentric, exclusive, haughty, scornful,
     select, selective, sneering, sniffy, snobbish, snobby, snooty,
     snotty, supercilious, toploftical, toplofty, withering