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
I don't appreciate your ritzy advice about whom I "should" associate with
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Recent Examples of ritzy
Under Erozan, the clientele has got ritzier.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The comedic Hulu murder-mystery series follows neighbors Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez), who bond over their love for true crime and launch a podcast detailing all the murder investigations in their ritzy New York City building.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Hoping to teach Arj a lesson about coming to terms with his own life, the well-meaning but naive Gabriel swaps Arj's life with that of Jeff's (Seth Rogen), a wealthy venture capitalist living large in a ritzy home high above the hills.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Grand Hotel Son Net and fit in with the ritzy clientele.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The comedic Hulu murder-mystery series follows neighbors Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez), who bond over their love for true crime and launch a podcast detailing all the murder investigations in their ritzy New York City building.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Hoping to teach Arj a lesson about coming to terms with his own life, the well-meaning but naive Gabriel swaps Arj's life with that of Jeff's (Seth Rogen), a wealthy venture capitalist living large in a ritzy home high above the hills.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Grand Hotel Son Net and fit in with the ritzy clientele.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ritzy
Adjective
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Jessica Capshaw as Blythe HartCapshaw plays Blythe, Don's wife and the matriarch of an aristocratic Nashville family.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
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His aristocratic tastes are reflected in his various building projects, the remains of which have been excavated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jackson returns as Wes Bryant, a handsome, intelligent, but arrogant man who had just moved to Seattle and was revealed to be a new medical intern at Grey Sloan.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Jack Cutmore-Scott as Julius Beaufort, an arrogant new money banker at the center of New York society with an interest in Ellen.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Ritzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ritzy. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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