Synonyms
- arrogant
- assumptive
- bumptious
- cavalier
- chesty
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- high-hat
- highfalutin
- hifalutin
- huffish
- huffy
- imperious
- important
- lofty
- lordly
- masterful
- overweening
- peremptory
- pompous
- presuming
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- self-asserting
- self-assertive
- stiff-necked
- supercilious
- superior
- toplofty
- toploftical
- uppish
- uppity
Examples of sniffy in a Sentence
She wrote a sniffy letter rejecting his offer.
she was sniffy about anyone who didn't live up to her standards for “good manners”
Recent Examples on the Web
Some systems can be overtly sniffy about poverty-spec audio files like this, but the KEF is not so judgmental.
—
Simon Lucas, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
Their rewiring of Test cricket was thrilling everyone back in 2022 (apart from a sniffy Australia) when England became the first team to complete a clean sweep in Pakistan and in some style.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
When confronted with the American habit of ascribing an overseas soccer team’s style of play to its most recognizable national characteristics, Europeans tend to get a bit sniffy.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 June 2024
The Chinese Communist Party becomes sniffy about social media platforms collecting data on users in China.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2024
To those who might feel a bit sniffy about the short-cuts around the hard work of making music that Mayk.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 9 June 2022
Both have tried, with varying success, to overcome the sniffy charges of flashiness.
—Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2022
Admiral Godfrey is sniffy about their preposterous deception proposal’s chances of success, but Churchill gives it the go-ahead, so they are installed in a basement office and put to work.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2022
Anchoring it all are ribbed sisal rugs that prevent the tone from becoming too French and sniffy.
—Guy Trebay, Town & Country, 2 Sep. 2021
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Simon Lucas, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
Their rewiring of Test cricket was thrilling everyone back in 2022 (apart from a sniffy Australia) when England became the first team to complete a clean sweep in Pakistan and in some style.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
When confronted with the American habit of ascribing an overseas soccer team’s style of play to its most recognizable national characteristics, Europeans tend to get a bit sniffy.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 June 2024
The Chinese Communist Party becomes sniffy about social media platforms collecting data on users in China.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2024
To those who might feel a bit sniffy about the short-cuts around the hard work of making music that Mayk.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 9 June 2022
Both have tried, with varying success, to overcome the sniffy charges of flashiness.
—Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2022
Admiral Godfrey is sniffy about their preposterous deception proposal’s chances of success, but Churchill gives it the go-ahead, so they are installed in a basement office and put to work.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2022
Anchoring it all are ribbed sisal rugs that prevent the tone from becoming too French and sniffy.
—Guy Trebay, Town & Country, 2 Sep. 2021
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“Sniffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sniffy. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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