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单词 toffee-nosed
释义

toffee-nosed

adjective

tof·​fee-nosed ˈtȯ-fē-ˈnōzd How to pronounce toffee-nosed (audio)
chiefly British
: snobbish

Synonyms

  • aristocratic
  • elitist
  • high-hat
  • persnickety
  • potty
  • ritzy
  • snobbish
  • snobby
  • snooty
  • snotty
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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1925, in the meaning defined above

toffee-nosed

adjective

chiefly British
as in aristocratic
being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior having come from the middle class, he suffered at the hands of the toffee-nosed twits at Eton

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • aristocratic
  • snooty
  • arrogant
  • snotty
  • snobbish
  • elitist
  • snobby
  • ritzy
  • smug
  • potty
  • supercilious
  • bumptious
  • uppity
  • aloof
  • haughty
  • persnickety
  • pompous
  • hoity-toity
  • huffy
  • high-hat
  • pretentious
  • high-and-mighty
  • bigheaded
  • superior
  • lordly
  • hifalutin
  • egotistic
  • imperious
  • huffish
  • overweening
  • self-satisfied
  • highfalutin
  • swellheaded
  • toplofty
  • presumptuous
  • stuck-up
  • egotistical
  • toploftical
  • high-handed
  • egoistic
  • self-conceited
  • self-important
  • peremptory
  • egoistical
  • swelled-headed
  • biggety
  • biggity
  • prideful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • democratic
  • egalitarian
  • humble
  • modest
  • unpretentious
  • egoless
  • antielitist
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