toffy
- adjective
- /ˈtɒfi/
- Offensive
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- His toffy attitude at the party made it hard to connect with him.
Examples
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She thinks TOMS are a wonderful example of giving to the poor because some little child gets a pair when some rich toffy student buys one.
Blog text (29) -
Savile was also an unlikely member of the Athenaeum Club in London, a flop house for famous Empire builders and toffy-nosed idiots of all persuasions.
Blog text (23) -
The toffy-nosed Pom from work.
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She wore a toffy dress that seemed out of place at the casual gathering.
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The restaurant was filled with toffy patrons who looked down on others.
Synonyms
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9.9
Acting as if you are better than other people
1
9.3
Acting as if you are rich or high class
1
9.3
Showing the attitude of a rich person who thinks they are better than others
1
9.9
Very fancy in a way that shows you think you are better than others
Having a proud, snobbish manner and showing off fashionable tastes
Acting like you are better than other people
Too formal and neat in a way that feels cold
Antonyms
Compounds
How Pretentious
- Offensive
74
7.3
- Offensive
7
5.3
- Offensive
- Informal
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6.9
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4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Toffy as an adjective comes from the British word toff meaning a 'rich person' and from the old phrase toffee-nosed for someone who is proud, so to be toffy is to act upper-class or to show off.