- sniffish
- adjective Date: 1923 sniffy, supercilious • sniffishly adverb • sniffishness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sniffish
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sniffish — /snif ish/, adj. haughtily disdainful; contemptuous: a sniffish dowager. [1920 25; SNIFF + ISH1] * * * … Universalium
sniffish — adj. contemptuous; arrogantly disdainful; expressing a snobbish attitude … English contemporary dictionary
sniffish — sniff·ish … English syllables
sniffish — … Useful english dictionary
sniffishly — adverb see sniffish … New Collegiate Dictionary
sniffishness — noun see sniffish … New Collegiate Dictionary
snobbish — adj snobby, conceited, Inf. stuck up, condescending, patronizing, Inf. uppity, Inf. uppish, Inf. snotty, Inf. snooty; arrogant, Inf. up on one s high horse, haughty, cavalier, cavalierly, contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, supercilious, sniffish … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
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
