different between closed vs snobbish

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kl??zd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /klo?zd/
• Rhymes: -??zd

Adjective

closed (not comparable)

1. Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open.
2. (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade.
3. Not public.

4. (topology, of a set) Having an open complement.
5. (mathematics, of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.

6. (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Lacking a free variable.
7. (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
8. (phonology) Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
9. (phonology) Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /?/ in pin.

Synonyms

• shut

Antonyms

• (also phonetics (of vowels, syllables)): open

Derived terms

• a closed mouth catches no flies
• a closed mouth gathers no feet

Translations

See also

• close

Verb

closed

1. simple past tense and past participle of close

Anagrams

• Dolces, codels, codles, dolces

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl?s?d/

Noun

closed m (plural closedau)

1. Alternative form of closet

Mutation

English

Etymology

snob +? -ish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sn?b??/

Adjective

snobbish (comparative more snobbish, superlative most snobbish)

1. Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
   • c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys

     St Cyprian's was an expensive and snobbish school which was in process of becoming more snobbish, and, I imagine, more expensive.

Synonyms

• cliquish

Translations