sniffish

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Recent Examples of sniffish Located across the street from the Manor, a 123-room faux-French extravaganza formerly owned by Aaron and Candy Spelling, Smith’s house appears almost to have been built in sniffish reaction to its neighbor. Robert Haskell, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 There was always an admixture of delight, which tempered any inclination to be sniffish about the Americana that Thiebaud painted. Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sniffish
Adjective
  • Even the words connote a pedigree of snobbish good taste that evokes Ratatouille’s Anton Ego.
    Leo Kirts, Them, 19 July 2024
  • But even the most snobbish viewer could see that William Wellman’s The Ox-Bow Incident was no ordinary Western.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Rory Kinnear is the closest thing the film has to a protagonist as Henry Hunt, a haughty activist with poor social skills.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But Rosie is no imperial-phase victory lap from a haughty A-lister.
    Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Even Lu, most closed and supercilious of the bunch, has weird, troubled reservoirs of shame that gradually start to froth and bubble.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Though emerging out of segregation, Black Greek-letter organizations, too, had supercilious standards for their members and rules about who could join.
    Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Some media outlets are surrendering to Trump already This absurd boasting — arrogant without portfolio — is just what Trump is looking for in the VOA job.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Angle was able to alter between arrogant heel and lovable goofball almost on a whim.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • That’s why many of crypto’s more cavalier coders headed to other blockchains to tinker and do things like build decentralized applications.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Lucas was shocked and hurt that his generous offers kept being rebuffed; the people who organized against him were indignant that a billionaire could be so cavalier about their public land.
    Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • At first, the girls are only in danger of being forced to listen to one man’s extremely pretentious opinions about religion, philosophy, culture, and yes, pop music, which is terrifying in itself.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Co-founder and master distiller Andy Wahl grew up in wine country, in California’s Sonoma County, and felt that the fine wines harvested in the region were pretentious and inaccessible.
    John Kell, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The walls of the lofty space are wrapped in a Mondrian-like fabric that pays homage to the preeminent Dutch artist, while illuminated concrete lip sculptures on the walls make explicit reference to the French eatery’s name, which means kisses.
    Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The cult pastries of 2024 go way beyond plain croissants and lofty blueberry muffins.
    Emily Wilson, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Steve Fields serves lobster tails and filet mignon, but its proprietor likes to think of the restaurant as D-FW’s affordable steakhouse — a place that isn’t too uppity.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2022
  • There were some in the UK, and even on this side of the pond, who wanted the queen to assert her authority and slap down her presumptuous grandson and his uppity wife.
    Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020

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“Sniffish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniffish. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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