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
The director marks that momentous departure accordingly, with a kind of procession down Rome’s ritziest shopping street, Via dei Condotti, lined with luxury boutiques and admiring onlookers.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Interior look and feel The interior is roomy and trimmed in materials that would look at home on a pricier vehicle from a ritzier brand.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
The woman found dead on a docked boat at a ritzy Hamptons yacht club has been identified as 33-year-old local designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
The case is the second shocking death in a ritzy part of the Hamptons in the past 12 months.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Interior look and feel The interior is roomy and trimmed in materials that would look at home on a pricier vehicle from a ritzier brand.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
The woman found dead on a docked boat at a ritzy Hamptons yacht club has been identified as 33-year-old local designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
The case is the second shocking death in a ritzy part of the Hamptons in the past 12 months.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ritzy
Adjective
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When Coverley and the girls returned to England, in 1969, Lucian arranged for Bella to spend time with some aristocratic hippies who travelled around southern England in caravans.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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While its aristocratic history may be a thing of the past, the hotel (along with its grounds) does still exude the stately, elegant aura of a noble mansion.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Zane played the arrogant Cal Hockley, who was engaged to Jack's love interest, Rose (played by Kate Winslet).—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Hardly seems like enough to cow these arrogant companies into behaving, especially when their business model is so intrinsically tied to hoovering up other people’s information and creative work.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Ritzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ritzy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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