Synonyms for sniffy
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Disdainful — disdainful; haughty
disdainful, haughty, scornful, supercilious, overbearing, imperious, prideful UK US CA, swaggering, lordly, arrogant
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Disdainful; haughty.
Related words
- Word family
- sniffily
Example sentences
- haughty That haughty girl thinks she's better than everyone.
- disdainful Dan isn't an arrogant and disdainful guy.
- scornful Everybody is fed up with Dan's scornful attitude.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sniffy | rising | |
| haughty | rising | |
| disdainful | rising | |
| scornful | rising | |
| supercilious | rising | |
| sniffly | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- lordly2
- 7 letters
- haughty2, sniffly
- 8 letters
- arrogant3, prideful, scornful2
- 9 letters
- imperious4
- 10 letters
- disdainful3, swaggering3
- 11 letters
- overbearing4
- 12 letters
- supercilious5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lordly2 = 2 syllables).