cliquish

3 definitions found

cliquish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

cliquish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cliquish
      adj 1: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to
             social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of
             people considered inferior [syn: clannish, cliquish,
             clubby, snobbish, snobby]

cliquish - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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