adj
Meaning 1
Disdainful; haughty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sniffy
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/ˈsnɪfi/
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rhymes with -ɪfi
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CMU ARPABET: S N IH1 F IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Characterised by sniffing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a sniffy cold that turned into a sore throat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sniffly
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy- W.L.Shirer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, supercilious, swaggering
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From sniff + -y.
Real reading context