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
Sponsors this year include Park Life (their team will be pouring wine at the event), along with Mercedes-Benz of Orlando and Porsche of Orlando, whose beautiful rides serve as ritzy backdrops for event photo-ops.
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Inside a ritzy event venue overlooking the Kansas City skyline, Royals majority owner John Sherman on Wednesday unveiled plans for a new stadium in Crown Center, a celebratory announcement that marked the apex of the team’s yearslong, chaotic hunt for a new home.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
This one regrettable fight between husband and wife has far-reaching implications for the community surrounding a ritzy LA country club, where Josh is the general manager and Ashley and Austin are his underlings.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Answers include the $78 poulet rôti with foie gras jus, pommes Fifi, and salade verte at Chez Fifi, a ritzy brasserie in an Upper East Side townhouse.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Inside a ritzy event venue overlooking the Kansas City skyline, Royals majority owner John Sherman on Wednesday unveiled plans for a new stadium in Crown Center, a celebratory announcement that marked the apex of the team’s yearslong, chaotic hunt for a new home.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
This one regrettable fight between husband and wife has far-reaching implications for the community surrounding a ritzy LA country club, where Josh is the general manager and Ashley and Austin are his underlings.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Answers include the $78 poulet rôti with foie gras jus, pommes Fifi, and salade verte at Chez Fifi, a ritzy brasserie in an Upper East Side townhouse.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ritzy
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My father, a boy, sat in the back seat with his brothers and Choute—Duchess of Montmoreau, née de Troguindy, a beautiful and aristocratic woman who went by this single childhood nickname.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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News articles and photos of the casual picnic enamored Americans, transforming their view of the royals as rigid and aristocratic to more down-to-earth.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The tricky part of being a celebrity like Firstman on the internet is that some people can conflate your comedic persona (which is maybe a little arrogant, a little colorful) with your real identity.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
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Hunter is stubborn, arrogant and gifted enough to play for the Briar hockey team, yet refuses to for reasons the show has yet to reveal.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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“Ritzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ritzy. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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