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👑 Snobbish or exclusive 🧣 Soft and fluffy
muffy

muffy

9.9
Having a proud, snobbish manner and showing off fashionable tastes
  • adjective
  • /ˈmʌfi/
  • Offensive
translation icon : esnob (ofensivo)
  • The party had a muffy vibe, with guests showing off designer clothes and exclusive invitations.

Examples

  • Locals found her muffy comments about the small town both rude and out of place.

  • His muffy attitude made it hard for him to connect with people from different backgrounds.

  • Her outfit was so muffy that it turned heads at the party.

  • I find his muffy attitude quite off-putting.

  • His muffy attitude made it hard for him to connect with people from different backgrounds.

  • The party had a muffy vibe, with guests showing off designer clothes and exclusive invitations.

  • Locals found her muffy comments about the small town both rude and out of place.

Synonyms

pretentious
vsmuffy
  • Offensive
74 7.3

Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are

adds a specific emphasis on fashionable exclusivity and social elevation
snooty
vsmuffy
16 7.4

Acting as if you are better than other people

adds a fashionably exclusive and pretentious social presentation to that attitude
snobby
vsmuffy
  • Offensive
16 6.3

A person who thinks they are better than other people and looks down on them

leans more toward stylish exclusivity and affectation rather than plain dislike
snobbish
vsmuffy
  • Offensive
7 5.3

Acting like you are better than other people because of their money or clothes

is more about being pretentiously fashionable and socially exclusive
toffee-nosed
vsmuffy
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Acting as if you are better than other people

focuses more on fashionable exclusiveness and social display than mere affectation
bougie
vsmuffy
  • Offensive
1 9.3

Acting as if you are rich or high class

tilts more to fashionable exclusivity and social snobbery rather than class show
upper-crusty
vsmuffy
  • Offensive
1 9.3

Showing the attitude of a rich person who thinks they are better than others

is more about stylish, pretentious social exclusiveness than mere class resemblance
hifalutin
vsmuffy
  • Informal
1 9.9

Very fancy in a way that shows you think you are better than others

is more about being fashionably exclusive and socially superior in attitude
toffy
vsmuffy
  • Offensive
9.9

Acting like a rich person to seem important

is similar but emphasizes being fashionably exclusive and snobbish broadly
dicty
vsmuffy
  • Offensive
9.9

Acting like you are better than other people

is comparable but stresses fashionable exclusivity and social snobbery
overbred
vsmuffy
8.8

Having very polite, fancy manners that seem fake and snobbish

is more focused on fashionable exclusivity and social snobbery than mere refinement
highfaluting
vsmuffy
  • Informal
9.9

Showing off and acting more important than others

is less about language and more about stylish social exclusiveness
highbrowed
vsmuffy
8.2

Someone who shows educated, serious tastes in art or books and seems a bit proud

focuses more on fashionable social exclusiveness rather than intellectual display

Antonyms

inclusive
88 4.1

Including all the things or people mentioned, even the limits

How Snobbish

elitist
49 7.0
snobbish
  • Offensive
7 5.3
snooty
16 7.4
muffy
  • Offensive
9.9

Surface Forms

muffy positive

Morphology

muffy = muff (opaque) = muff + y

The word is formally built from 'muff' + '-y', but the sense 'pretentiously fashionable or socially exclusive' is not a predictable modern meaning of that base.

Etymology

Muffy for a snobby person probably comes from the fashion item muff, a soft fur 'hand-warmer', and from the name Muffy used in stories for rich, preppy girls. So calling someone muffy gives the image of a well-dressed, exclusive person, which explains the meaning 'pretentiously fashionable'.