sniffish

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Adjective
  • Storied animation producer Bonnie Arnold gave short shrift to those who are snobbish about her beloved discipline at Annecy today.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • Hytes, Season 13’s winner Symone, and Season 15’s Marcia Marcia Marcia, who is credited in the film by her real name Marty Lauter, play a trio of snobbish train attendants on the luxurious Glamazonian Hyper Speed Rail.
    Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • As such, lionfish possess the haughty confidence of an apex predator.
    Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026
  • For one, Columbus’s face wears the haughtiest, most cocksure expression in Lewis’s body of work.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • After appearing as supercilious EPA company man Walter Peck in Ghostbusters, Atherton completed his trilogy of goofy comedies with Real Genius (1985) and Bio-Dome (1996).
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • West Germany, arrogant attitude adjusted, pounded Chile, 4-1.
    David j. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • Lasso, in his initial introduction to audiences, wasn’t the warm, pun-loving, inspirational coach audiences would eventually embrace through Apple +, but a slightly arrogant buffoon parodying the average American sports fan.
    Charles Moss, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Adjective
  • The Nuggets were particularly cavalier with second-rounders in the 2024 offseason, which turned out to be Booth’s last at the helm.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 June 2026
  • The testimony consistently deployed a cavalier attitude about money.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
Adjective
  • But there’s much to like here — from the two leads, the numerous Bay Area shots (the Golden Gate Bridge should get a supporting actor credit), Nick Offerman as a pretentious, cruel chef and Lukas Gage as a clueless cretin love interest/coworker.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
  • Not to sound pretentious, but Elwood Dowd is sort of like a Christlike figure.
    Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Adjective
  • While most stars arrived in lofty platform heels and stiletto sandals, Rowland stuck to a more comfortable heel height, while still sticking to a metallic gold and strappy design that was fitting for an elegant event and to match with her dress.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
  • Of course, Kane has loftier aspirations, as England seeks its second-ever World Cup title — and its first since 1966.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
Adjective
  • Jim Parsons, too, understands the assignment as Rose's gold-digging mother, as do our adorably charming Jack Dawson (Rousouli) and hilariously uppity Cal (John Riddle).
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Steve Fields serves lobster tails and filet mignon, but its proprietor likes to think of the restaurant as D-FW’s affordable steakhouse — a place that isn’t too uppity.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2022
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“Sniffish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniffish. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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