aristocratic

adjective

ə-ˌri-stə-ˈkra-tik How to pronounce aristocratic (audio)
Definition of aristocraticnext
1
as in arrogant
being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the maître d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much

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as in noble
of high birth, rank, or station an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins

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Recent Examples of aristocratic Ali, on the other hand, is spot-on as a renowned classical pianist who goes on a tour of the Jim Crow South with a New York tough guy (Viggo Mortensen) and puts on aristocratic airs that belie his insecurities. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025 While Aurora attempts to find ways to preserve women’s bodily autonomy and administer life-saving services, Apollo ponders the responsibility of being an aristocratic person of color and all the ways his identity might shake up the halls of power. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025 Sina Villa Matilde About 40 minutes from Turin, this elegant hotel is set in an 18th-century residence that once belonged to the Bishop of Ivrea and later to the aristocratic Bocca family, who is behind Sina Hotels. — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025 The Pinacoteca and its treasures are my neighbors in an area that preserves the blend of aristocratic elegance and popular charm that is one of Milan’s most enchanting qualities. — Miles Socha For Wwd, ARTnews.com, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aristocratic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aristocratic
  1. arrogant
  2. noble
  3. snobbish
  4. great
  5. elitist
  6. upper-class
  7. snooty
  8. patrician
Adjective
  • So this kind of parallel can easily be drawn between Iran and other countries, [including those with] an arrogant isolation program, definitely.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
  • One of the targets of his reign of terror is arrogant Judge Stefan Mortensen, played by Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush admitted to the facility after being left partially paralyzed after a stroke.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of arrogant
Adjective
  • Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom is a soap opera about a hospital where the doctors aren’t good-looking or vibrating with noble sentiment but generally corrupt or insane.
    — Adam Thirlwell, The New York Review of Books, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The minister’s rise angered many courtiers, who believed their noble birth entitled them to wealth, influence and the ear of the king.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of noble
Adjective
  • But even the most snobbish viewer could see that William Wellman’s The Ox-Bow Incident was no ordinary Western.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Michaels possesses a similar touch, not snobbish but not entirely populist either.
    — A.O. Scott, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Definition of snobbish
Adjective
  • So, if the audience doesn’t dismiss it on account of the language barrier (as in subtitles), then that would be great.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • This is a great time for these landscaping upgrades.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of great
Adjective
  • Take the wealthy Ramaswamy’s unusually frank and frankly elitist assessment of non-tech bro culture.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Cinephiles can be a bit elitist about their preference for movies on film.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of elitist
Adjective
  • Zoom in: People living in lower-income neighborhoods across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware face higher flood risks over 30 years than those living in middle- and upper-class areas.
    — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
  • At this historical moment, middle- and upper-class European women were increasingly urged to nurse their own babies for growing fear that wet nurses—usually of lower social rank, and sometimes another race—contributed to infant mortality.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of upper-class
Adjective
  • The apple of snooty mom Victoria's (Parker Posey) eye, who works the family finance business with his dad Timothy (Jason Isaacs), party-loving pool cretin Saxon is this season's poster boy for misguided masculinity.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Tablecloths, a nice cheese selection, a bit of grandness, never snooty.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of snooty
Adjective
  • Commanding a prime corner on a patrician block on Commonwealth Avenue in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, The Eliot Hotel is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Redmayne’s British accent also possesses a discernibly patrician quality, adding subconscious layers to what passers-by might assume about this particular old man.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of patrician

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