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
Chorizo tacos Bardot Brasserie Helmed by award-winning chef Michael Mina, this ritzy French brasserie inside the Aria Resort & Casino is the place to see and be seen in Las Vegas thanks to its buzzy ambience.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025
Duchon worked several sales over $20 million this year, mostly in Miami Beach’s ritziest neighborhoods.
—Catherine Odom
december 25, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
The Reiners were found dead with stab wounds at their home in the ritzy community of Brentwood, California.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The modern-day Garden of Italy pays homage to its 1930s ancestor with standout handmade pastas and wine served in that quintessentially ritzy yet homey atmosphere.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025
Duchon worked several sales over $20 million this year, mostly in Miami Beach’s ritziest neighborhoods.
—Catherine Odom
december 25, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
The Reiners were found dead with stab wounds at their home in the ritzy community of Brentwood, California.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The modern-day Garden of Italy pays homage to its 1930s ancestor with standout handmade pastas and wine served in that quintessentially ritzy yet homey atmosphere.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ritzy
Adjective
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While retaining an old-school, aristocratic vibe, Adare's fanciful gargoyles, genuinely warm staff, grand and intimate spaces, and super-comfortable rooms make it somewhere uniquely and unabashedly the Ireland of now.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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His aristocratic taste inherited ideas of beauty and old European style, rather than innovating with new trends.—
Jye Marshall,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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A lot of people who are that level of arrogant, there’s also an immense insecurity, right?—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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The boy is arrogant, Helen thinks.—
Sadia Shepard,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Ritzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ritzy. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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