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
Hosted on the sprawling oceanfront estate of philanthropist Ken Griffin, amfAR returned to the ritzy enclave for its fourth consecutive year—this time, with a bang in true Ricky Martin fashion.
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Erin Michelle Newberg, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
With a bustling downtown core surrounded by historic neighborhoods, an international airport, and ritzy Palm Beach (where, yes, there’s a beach) just across the Intracoastal Waterway, there’s a lot to do, see, and eat in West Palm Beach.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2025
The physical locations of their retail spaces further this idea: Miron Crosby’s flagship studio is located in Dallas’s ritzy Highland Park Village, and another is in Aspen, Colorado, unofficial home of the jet set.
—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
Known as the Forty—it’s located at North 40 Place in the ritzy North Forty enclave—the $25 million mansion is relatively new, dating back to just 2009.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
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Erin Michelle Newberg, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
With a bustling downtown core surrounded by historic neighborhoods, an international airport, and ritzy Palm Beach (where, yes, there’s a beach) just across the Intracoastal Waterway, there’s a lot to do, see, and eat in West Palm Beach.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2025
The physical locations of their retail spaces further this idea: Miron Crosby’s flagship studio is located in Dallas’s ritzy Highland Park Village, and another is in Aspen, Colorado, unofficial home of the jet set.
—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
Known as the Forty—it’s located at North 40 Place in the ritzy North Forty enclave—the $25 million mansion is relatively new, dating back to just 2009.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ritzy
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The drama follows a woman born into modest circumstances in Sicily in 1900, who goes on to navigate life in a convent, and then carves herself out a place in aristocratic household achieving happiness and emancipation in the process.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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Kollwitz’ life also coincided with the final days of aristocratic feudalism and serfdom in Germany and the nation’s economic transition to Industrialism.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The targets of Trump’s economic aggression will accept greater hardship to preserve their dignity than American voters will for the privilege of acting like arrogant menaces.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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This feud carries on today, with Hogan having called out Hart for being too arrogant.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Ritzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ritzy. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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