WORD OF THE DAY -SNIFFY -

Sniffy:(adjective)

sniff·i·er; sniff·i·est [also more sniffy; most sniffy] chiefly Brit, informal + disapproving : 

 having or showing the attitude of people who believe that they are better or more important than other people

 

 behaving in a way that shows that you do not think someone or something is good or important enough for you

▪ a sniffy [=snooty] man in an expensive suit 

 ▪ She wrote a sniffy letter rejecting his offer

1. She wrote a sniffy letter rejecting his offer.
2. she was sniffy about anyone who didn't live up to her standards for “good manners”

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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