Definition of sniffy in English:

sniffy

adjectivesniffiest, sniffier ˈsnɪfiˈsnɪfi

informal

Scornful; contemptuous.
some people are sniffy about tea bags
Example sentencesExamples
- But according to sniffy British sources, the arrests were the result of a long-standing intelligence operation that began long before the American alerts.
- And what right do doctors have to be sniffy about the benefits of alternative therapies when their knowledge about the potential side-effects of the medication they are prescribing is so limited?
- Orthodox experts tend to be rather sniffy about such tests.
- The governor of the castle was very sniffy about letting us have it - saying that it shouldn't be used for political events.
- Britain has always had a sniffy attitude towards craftsmen.
- That pride continued for much of the 20th century, as developing nations studied the broad-based Scottish model to create their own curricula, and sniffy comparisons were made to schools in England.
- His sniffy attitude to Motown may be dead wrong but his dissection of the creative and entrepreneurial side of the music industry is unrivalled.
- The two countries have obviously been shaken by the sniffy reaction of much of Europe to the EU Constitution.
- Perhaps they were right to be at least a little sniffy.
- In fact, as this biography progresses, its author becomes increasingly sniffy about much of his subject's thinking; so much so, you start to wonder why exactly he set out to rescue him.
- It's easy to get sniffy about ‘celebrity culture’, but it simply fills the vacuum in public life.
- Britain's retail bankers tend to be a sniffy lot.
- There is a middle-class reserve to Edinburgh that gets rather sniffy at the thought of making a public display of oneself.
- I know we terribly sophisticated Europeans tend to be very sniffy about America's obsession with 40-lane highways but (at least in my experience) you can get around the place.
- The art establishment is distinctly sniffy about his work.
- Given Europe's appalling unemployment record, especially its failure to provide jobs for young folk, the Continent's elite have no right to be sniffy.
- The somewhat sniffy attitude towards the new format in the beginning was swept away by the spectators who marched through the turnstiles in their thousands taking their kids along with them.
- Let's also not get too sniffy about doping as others test positive, or are thrown out like one European athlete overnight for a positive test at a July meeting.
- It was a bit unfair, I suggested, to be sniffy about people wanting to become pop stars when the alternative was, say, working in a factory.
- But he was sniffy about the roles he was offered, preferring to wait for ‘the big one’, and it never really came.
Synonyms
contemptuous, scornful, full of contempt, derisive, derisory, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, slighting, supercilious, disdainful, superior, dismissive
informal snotty, fancy-pants
archaic contumelious

Derivatives

sniffily

adverb

informal

Some supermarket bosses said sniffily that the quality of organic food could not be guaranteed.
Example sentencesExamples
- But prices were surprisingly robust, and despite the rough and ready surroundings - described sniffily by one person as ‘amateurish’ - both buyers and sellers were pleased with the day's proceedings.
- The film was a big commercial success (the 1944 cinema audience being overwhelmingly female) and although the male critical establishment was sniffily dismissive at the time, it has had a healthy afterlife in feminist film studies.
- The German editors sniffily note that the Soviet authors thought that the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's mountain retreat at Obersalzberg, was a ‘castle’.
- I said sniffily, ‘Did you honestly think I believed you?’

sniffiness

noun

informal

Even Margaret Oliphant got short shrift, mainly because of the prevailing male sniffiness about the fact that this eminent Victorian novelist wrote for a living.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a lot of sniffiness in Europe about American culture which really needs to be done away with.
- In more than two years as an employee of a Scottish club he had never previously seemed so impassioned on behalf of his current home, or irked by the apparent sniffiness of some English attitudes towards its league championship.
- When I began reading his account, it's fair to say that I did so in an atmosphere of sniffiness.
- That and his commitment to producing high art, with its attendant disdain of popular culture and even a sniffiness in relation to liberal democracy, have proved something of a turn-off for the reading public.

Rhymes

cliffy, iffy, jiffy, Liffey, niffy, spiffy, squiffy, whiffy

Definition of sniffy in US English:

sniffy

adjectiveˈsnɪfiˈsnifē

informal

Scornful; contemptuous.
some people are sniffy about tea bags
Example sentencesExamples
- Britain's retail bankers tend to be a sniffy lot.
- That pride continued for much of the 20th century, as developing nations studied the broad-based Scottish model to create their own curricula, and sniffy comparisons were made to schools in England.
- The two countries have obviously been shaken by the sniffy reaction of much of Europe to the EU Constitution.
- His sniffy attitude to Motown may be dead wrong but his dissection of the creative and entrepreneurial side of the music industry is unrivalled.
- Orthodox experts tend to be rather sniffy about such tests.
- There is a middle-class reserve to Edinburgh that gets rather sniffy at the thought of making a public display of oneself.
- It's easy to get sniffy about ‘celebrity culture’, but it simply fills the vacuum in public life.
- Given Europe's appalling unemployment record, especially its failure to provide jobs for young folk, the Continent's elite have no right to be sniffy.
- I know we terribly sophisticated Europeans tend to be very sniffy about America's obsession with 40-lane highways but (at least in my experience) you can get around the place.
- It was a bit unfair, I suggested, to be sniffy about people wanting to become pop stars when the alternative was, say, working in a factory.
- The somewhat sniffy attitude towards the new format in the beginning was swept away by the spectators who marched through the turnstiles in their thousands taking their kids along with them.
- The art establishment is distinctly sniffy about his work.
- And what right do doctors have to be sniffy about the benefits of alternative therapies when their knowledge about the potential side-effects of the medication they are prescribing is so limited?
- Perhaps they were right to be at least a little sniffy.
- Britain has always had a sniffy attitude towards craftsmen.
- In fact, as this biography progresses, its author becomes increasingly sniffy about much of his subject's thinking; so much so, you start to wonder why exactly he set out to rescue him.
- Let's also not get too sniffy about doping as others test positive, or are thrown out like one European athlete overnight for a positive test at a July meeting.
- But according to sniffy British sources, the arrests were the result of a long-standing intelligence operation that began long before the American alerts.
- The governor of the castle was very sniffy about letting us have it - saying that it shouldn't be used for political events.
- But he was sniffy about the roles he was offered, preferring to wait for ‘the big one’, and it never really came.
Synonyms
contemptuous, scornful, full of contempt, derisive, derisory, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, slighting, supercilious, disdainful, superior, dismissive

单词	sniffy
释义	Definition of sniffy in English: sniffy adjectivesniffiest, sniffier ˈsnɪfiˈsnɪfi informal Scornful; contemptuous. some people are sniffy about tea bags Example sentencesExamples But according to sniffy British sources, the arrests were the result of a long-standing intelligence operation that began long before the American alerts. And what right do doctors have to be sniffy about the benefits of alternative therapies when their knowledge about the potential side-effects of the medication they are prescribing is so limited? Orthodox experts tend to be rather sniffy about such tests. The governor of the castle was very sniffy about letting us have it - saying that it shouldn't be used for political events. Britain has always had a sniffy attitude towards craftsmen. That pride continued for much of the 20th century, as developing nations studied the broad-based Scottish model to create their own curricula, and sniffy comparisons were made to schools in England. His sniffy attitude to Motown may be dead wrong but his dissection of the creative and entrepreneurial side of the music industry is unrivalled. The two countries have obviously been shaken by the sniffy reaction of much of Europe to the EU Constitution. Perhaps they were right to be at least a little sniffy. In fact, as this biography progresses, its author becomes increasingly sniffy about much of his subject's thinking; so much so, you start to wonder why exactly he set out to rescue him. It's easy to get sniffy about ‘celebrity culture’, but it simply fills the vacuum in public life. Britain's retail bankers tend to be a sniffy lot. There is a middle-class reserve to Edinburgh that gets rather sniffy at the thought of making a public display of oneself. I know we terribly sophisticated Europeans tend to be very sniffy about America's obsession with 40-lane highways but (at least in my experience) you can get around the place. The art establishment is distinctly sniffy about his work. Given Europe's appalling unemployment record, especially its failure to provide jobs for young folk, the Continent's elite have no right to be sniffy. The somewhat sniffy attitude towards the new format in the beginning was swept away by the spectators who marched through the turnstiles in their thousands taking their kids along with them. Let's also not get too sniffy about doping as others test positive, or are thrown out like one European athlete overnight for a positive test at a July meeting. It was a bit unfair, I suggested, to be sniffy about people wanting to become pop stars when the alternative was, say, working in a factory. But he was sniffy about the roles he was offered, preferring to wait for ‘the big one’, and it never really came. Synonyms contemptuous, scornful, full of contempt, derisive, derisory, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, slighting, supercilious, disdainful, superior, dismissive informal snotty, fancy-pants archaic contumelious Derivatives sniffily adverb informal Some supermarket bosses said sniffily that the quality of organic food could not be guaranteed. Example sentencesExamples But prices were surprisingly robust, and despite the rough and ready surroundings - described sniffily by one person as ‘amateurish’ - both buyers and sellers were pleased with the day's proceedings. The film was a big commercial success (the 1944 cinema audience being overwhelmingly female) and although the male critical establishment was sniffily dismissive at the time, it has had a healthy afterlife in feminist film studies. The German editors sniffily note that the Soviet authors thought that the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's mountain retreat at Obersalzberg, was a ‘castle’. I said sniffily, ‘Did you honestly think I believed you?’ sniffiness noun informal Even Margaret Oliphant got short shrift, mainly because of the prevailing male sniffiness about the fact that this eminent Victorian novelist wrote for a living. Example sentencesExamples There is a lot of sniffiness in Europe about American culture which really needs to be done away with. In more than two years as an employee of a Scottish club he had never previously seemed so impassioned on behalf of his current home, or irked by the apparent sniffiness of some English attitudes towards its league championship. When I began reading his account, it's fair to say that I did so in an atmosphere of sniffiness. That and his commitment to producing high art, with its attendant disdain of popular culture and even a sniffiness in relation to liberal democracy, have proved something of a turn-off for the reading public. Rhymes cliffy, iffy, jiffy, Liffey, niffy, spiffy, squiffy, whiffy Definition of sniffy in US English: sniffy adjectiveˈsnɪfiˈsnifē informal Scornful; contemptuous. some people are sniffy about tea bags Example sentencesExamples Britain's retail bankers tend to be a sniffy lot. That pride continued for much of the 20th century, as developing nations studied the broad-based Scottish model to create their own curricula, and sniffy comparisons were made to schools in England. The two countries have obviously been shaken by the sniffy reaction of much of Europe to the EU Constitution. His sniffy attitude to Motown may be dead wrong but his dissection of the creative and entrepreneurial side of the music industry is unrivalled. Orthodox experts tend to be rather sniffy about such tests. There is a middle-class reserve to Edinburgh that gets rather sniffy at the thought of making a public display of oneself. It's easy to get sniffy about ‘celebrity culture’, but it simply fills the vacuum in public life. Given Europe's appalling unemployment record, especially its failure to provide jobs for young folk, the Continent's elite have no right to be sniffy. I know we terribly sophisticated Europeans tend to be very sniffy about America's obsession with 40-lane highways but (at least in my experience) you can get around the place. It was a bit unfair, I suggested, to be sniffy about people wanting to become pop stars when the alternative was, say, working in a factory. The somewhat sniffy attitude towards the new format in the beginning was swept away by the spectators who marched through the turnstiles in their thousands taking their kids along with them. The art establishment is distinctly sniffy about his work. And what right do doctors have to be sniffy about the benefits of alternative therapies when their knowledge about the potential side-effects of the medication they are prescribing is so limited? Perhaps they were right to be at least a little sniffy. Britain has always had a sniffy attitude towards craftsmen. In fact, as this biography progresses, its author becomes increasingly sniffy about much of his subject's thinking; so much so, you start to wonder why exactly he set out to rescue him. Let's also not get too sniffy about doping as others test positive, or are thrown out like one European athlete overnight for a positive test at a July meeting. But according to sniffy British sources, the arrests were the result of a long-standing intelligence operation that began long before the American alerts. The governor of the castle was very sniffy about letting us have it - saying that it shouldn't be used for political events. But he was sniffy about the roles he was offered, preferring to wait for ‘the big one’, and it never really came. Synonyms contemptuous, scornful, full of contempt, derisive, derisory, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, slighting, supercilious, disdainful, superior, dismissive
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