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Sniffy
Sniffy
snif·fy
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Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
haughty attitude, as though scoffing or looking down on;
e.g. She became uppity and sniffy when the local farm boy came calling on her daughter.
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Arrogant
Assumptive
Bumptious
Cavalier
Chesty
Condescending
Haughty
Hifalutin
High-handed
High-hat
Highfalutin
Huffy
Imperious
Important
Lofty
Lordly
Masterful
Overweening
Peremptory
Pompous
Presumptuous
Pretentious
Self-asserting
Self-assertive
Self-flattering
Stiff-necked
Supercilious
Superior
Toplofty
Uppity
Opposite Words
Acquiescent
Bashful
Compliant
Deferential
Demure
Diffident
Humble
Introverted
Lowly
Meek
Modest
Mousy
Overmodest
Passive
Quiet
Reserved
Retiring
Self-critical
Self-doubting
Sheepish
Shy
Subdued
Submissive
Timid
Unaggressive
Unarrogant
Unassertive
Unassuming
Unobtrusive
Unpretentious
Yielding
Related Words
Authoritarian
Bombastic
Bossy
Braggart
Brash
Cocky
Complacent
Conceited
Condescending
Disdainful
Dominant
Domineering
Egocentric
Egotistical
Extroverted
Forward
Haughty
Hifalutin
Highfalutin
Hubristic
Impertinent
Impudent
Lofty
Lordly
Magisterial
Narcissistic
Patronizing
Pontifical
Prideful
Proud
Saucy
Self-applauding
Self-centered
Self-flattering
Self-satisfied
Smug
Snobbish
Snobby
Snooty
Stuck-up
Superior
Uninhibited
Unreserved
Vain
Vainglorious
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