Word

sniffy, adj.
(sniffier, sniffiest)

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

disdainful haughty imperious lordly overbearing prideful sniffy supercilious swaggering

sample sentences

"some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"
"haughty aristocrats"
"his lordly manners were offensive"
"walked with a prideful swagger"
"very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"
"his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"
"a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

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derivationally related form

haughtiness

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superciliousness

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disdainfulness

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imperiousness