toffee-nosed
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈtɒfiˌnəʊzd/
- Offensive
:
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- His toffee-nosed attitude alienated his colleagues, who preferred a more down-to-earth approach.
Examples
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And there were the twins, taking their cut at every turn, like a pair of toffee-nosed stockbrokers.
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Because given the choice of taking orders from a toffee-nosed twat like you... ... and slogging it out with these guys--
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Courtesy of none other than the ultimate toffee-nosed Dr. Jekyll, Harley Street specialist and a man noted for his good works.
Fiction book (1995) -
The toffee-nosed gentleman looked down on everyone at the party, acting as if his wealth made him superior.
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She was rather toffee-nosed, only becoming friends with people she deemed important or wealthy.
Synonyms
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7.3
Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are
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7.4
Acting as if you are better than other people
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7.8
Acting as if you are better than other people
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6.3
A person who thinks they are better than other people and looks down on them
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8.1
Acting proud and looking down on other people
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5.3
Acting like you are better than other people because of their money or clothes
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9.6
Having a rude, arrogant attitude often used to describe a child
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8.2
A person, often a child, who is rude and acts as if better than others
Acting like a rich person to seem important
Showing off and acting more important than others
Having a proud, snobbish manner and showing off fashionable tastes
Antonyms
How Snobbish
- Offensive
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7.3
- Offensive
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5.3
- Offensive
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9.9
16
7.4
9
5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Toffee-nosed comes from old British slang toff 'a rich, upper-class person' and the sweet toffee, creating a picture of someone with their nose turned up as if too 'pampered'. That's why toffee-nosed means snobbish or acting like you are better than other people.