toffee-nosedadjective
uk/ˈtɒf.i.nəʊzd/us/ˈtɑː.fi.noʊzd/UK informal disapprovingPeople who are toffee-nosed consider themselves to be better than other people, especially than people of a lower social class:
He's a toffee-nosed git - take no notice of him!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Showing arrogance and conceit
- (as) proud as Lucifer idiom
- a cut above idiom
- airs and graces idiom
- arrogant
- as if you owned the place idiom
- brash
- cocksure
- egocentric
- egoistic
- egotistic
- get on your high horse idiom
- haughty
- overbearing
- preen
- proudly
- put on the dog idiom
- revolve
- revolve around sb/sth
- self-appointed
- snotty
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