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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.
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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
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
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Even the words connote a pedigree of snobbish good taste that evokes Ratatouille’s Anton Ego.Leo Kirts, Them, 19 July 2024
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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
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As haughty, naughty Nurse Redd on FX‘s Grotesquerie, Lesley Manville turned in one of the most memorable performances of the TV season.Andy Swift, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
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This information doesn’t make the prospect of leaving her home painless, but Ruth approaches it with a haughty dignity that soon becomes familiar.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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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
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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
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Manji will appear as Crispin, an arrogant, pompous employee at a fancy, high-end hardware store who snubs George.Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
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My 21-year-old grandson is a dramatic and arrogant know-it-all.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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French bulldogs, Boston terriers, cavalier King Charles spaniels and other brachycephalic (short-nosed) breeds have become incredibly popular due to their unique appearance.Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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The 29-year-old can occasionally frustrate with his histrionics and cavalier playing style, but last season’s 4-0 defeat away at Crystal Palace was a chastening reminder of what the team can look like without him.Carl Anka, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Yet Connell of all people, whose pretentious classmates use novels to seem superior, should know that the love of literature is hardly disinterested.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Once the very idea of holding a wine tasting at one’s home was considered a pretentious way of ruining a convivial party.John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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The higher the number the warmer and loftier the covers.Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Carlson’s brand of nationalism plays on a range of desires, from the lowest to the loftiest: the yearning for communal cohesion, for satisfying work, for a life rich with meaning.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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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
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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 23 Nov. 2024.
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