单词 | sniffy |
释义 | sniffy (once / 80404 pages) adj WORD FAMILY sniffy: sniffily USAGE EXAMPLESI started calling approved "drone schools" from a list on the CAA website, but the first one I tried was a bit sniffy. BBC(Dec 24, 2016) Frozen People are sniffy about Frozen, presumably on the basis that five-year-old girls love it, and therefore it must be schlock. The Guardian(Nov 19, 2016) Lewis, even in his heyday, may have been despised and reviled by sniffy intellectuals in the United States, but, well, he always had Paris. The New Yorker(Sep 21, 2016) adj having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy very sniffy about breaches of etiquette Syn disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, supercilious, swaggering proud feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride |
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