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sniffy
adjective \ˈsni-fē\
: having or showing the attitude of people who believe that they are better or more important than other people
sniff·i·ersniff·i·est
Full Definition of SNIFFY
: having or expressing a haughty attitude : disdainful, supercilious
— sniff·i·ly \ˈsni-fə-lē\ adverb
— sniff·i·ness \ˈsni-fē-nəs\ noun
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First Known Use of SNIFFY
1871
Related to SNIFFY
- Synonyms
- assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, arrogant, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
- Antonyms
- humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious
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