sniffish

sniffish
/snif"ish/, adj.
haughtily disdainful; contemptuous: a sniffish dowager.
[1920-25; SNIFF + -ISH1]

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  • sniffish — adj. contemptuous; arrogantly disdainful; expressing a snobbish attitude …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • sniffishness — noun see sniffish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • supercilious — adj arrogant, Inf. up on one s high horse, haughty, cavalier, cavalierly, insolent, contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, sniffish, Inf. sniffy; snobbish, snobby, conceited, Inf. stuck up, condescending, patronizing, Inf. uppity, Inf. uppish. Inf.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • sniffy — [snif′ē] adj. sniffier, sniffiest Informal 1. characterized by or having a tendency to sniff 2. contemptuous; disdainful: Also sniffish sniffily adv. sniffiness n …   English World dictionary

  • snuffish — ˈsnəfish adjective Etymology: snuff (III) + ish : sniffish, touchy …   Useful english dictionary

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