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
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.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
The problem Manna hopes to solve isn’t ritzy, but the math and market are.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Set the scene The latest ultra-luxury hotel chain to land in Greece, and the newest milestone in the ritzy revival of the Athenian Riviera.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
Educated at the University of Pennsylvania and serving an elite clientele from within one of Philadelphia's ritziest suburbs, Lavin grew a modest marijuana distribution operation into a cocaine empire.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
The problem Manna hopes to solve isn’t ritzy, but the math and market are.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Set the scene The latest ultra-luxury hotel chain to land in Greece, and the newest milestone in the ritzy revival of the Athenian Riviera.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
Educated at the University of Pennsylvania and serving an elite clientele from within one of Philadelphia's ritziest suburbs, Lavin grew a modest marijuana distribution operation into a cocaine empire.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ritzy
Adjective
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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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Set the scene The streets of Forte—as insiders call it—are a maze of tall box hedges and gates that shelter private villas built for wealthy and aristocratic Italian families.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The series has devolved into a hysteria that the young and arrogant Timberwolves feed on since that first quarter of Game 2.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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However, many thought Tilson Thomas too brash and arrogant to lead an orchestra, and, around the same time, Tilson Thomas fell in with New York’s disco-hopping crowd.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Ritzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ritzy. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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