TOFFEE-NOSED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

toffee-nosed

adjective

ˈtȯ-fē-ˈnōzd

Definition of toffee-nosed

chiefly British

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 having come from the middle class, he suffered at the hands of the toffee-nosed twits at Eton

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Here’s one book written by this aristocratic Thai woman almost 80 years ago.

— Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
In it, a twelve-year-old boy, Cosimo, rebels against his aristocratic family, and the Enlightenment’s false divide between nature and culture, by climbing a holm oak and spending his life in the canopy.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of aristocratic

Adjective

Each of these decisions laid the groundwork for the war on Iran today, one that started without a clear strategy on the arrogant expectation of a quick victory.

— Alexander Langlois, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
The data center industry is only one face of an arrogant oligarchy that people believe now runs Congress, the courts, the White House, state legislatures and local governments.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of arrogant

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Pierce’s brother Wendell (Monte Easter), an up-and-coming lawyer, is busy planning a wedding to a snooty upper-middle-class black woman named Sonia (Gaye Shannon-Burnett, who co-produced the film).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026
Ormund, the snooty, temperamental head of House Hightower, is shown charred beyond recognition in the episode's final moments.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of snooty

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