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sniffy
adjective
(snif-fy)
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Synonyms:
disdainful
,
haughty
,
imperious
,
lordly
,
overbearing
,
prideful
,
supercilious
,
swaggering
,
Examples:
Very sniffy about breaches of etiquette.
Words Related to
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disdainful
,
haughty
,
supercilious
,
lordly
,
swaggering
,
prideful
,
proud
,
snobbish
,
snooty
,
poncey
,
pernickety
,
pretentious
,
snobby
,
smug
,
pompous
,
daft
,
dismissive
,
philistine
,
censorious
,
highbrow
,
blinkered
,
twee
,
clubbable
,
posher
,
waspish
,
disobliging
,
blase
,
scornful
,
bemused
,
pedantic
,
huffy
,
prissy
,
fusty
,
grumpy
,
snotty
,
barmy
,
stuffy
,
snide
,
risible
,
fussy
,
anglophile
,
wimpish
,
jaded
,
irritating
,
unenthusiastic
,
prudish
,
scatty
,
grumbly
,
rebarbative
,
churlish
,
proprietorial
,
tutted
,
prolix
,
condescending
,
cynical
,
unappetising
,
unfashionable
,
humorless
,
unsympathetic
,
schoolmasterly
,
shirty
,
fuddy
,
ruder
,
hypercritical
,
jejune
,
unadventurous
,
modish
,
peckish
,
contemptuous
,
sycophantic
,
pukka
,
obsequious
,
fatuous
,
rubbishy
,
cretinous
,
stodgy
,
highfalutin
,
dyspeptic
,
sanctimonious
,
flippant
,
priggish
,
politest
,
downmarket
,
unimpressed
,
dodgier
,
schoolboyish
,
cranky
,
tutting
,
effete
,
sanguine
,
hubristic
,
leftish
,
envious
,
patronising
,
phlegmatic
,
underwhelmed
,
unshockable
,
ropey
,
sarky
,
voguish
,
sniffy
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