snuffy

[ snuhf-ee ]

/ ˈsnʌf i /

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adjective, snuff·i·er, snuff·i·est.

resembling snuff.

soiled with snuff.

given to the use of snuff.

having an unpleasant appearance.

having hurt feelings.

easily displeased.

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Origin of snuffy

First recorded in 1780–90; snuff¹ + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM snuffy

snuff·i·ness, noun

Words nearby snuffy

snuff film, snuffle, snuff movie, snuff out, snuff stick, snuffy, snug, snug as a bug in a rug, snuggery, snuggies, snuggle

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How to use snuffy in a sentence

Another snuffy figure with a stoop and a bald head and a pen came through a curtain.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
As for Halyard, he was unspeakable, bundled up in his snuffy shawls, and making uncouth noises over his gruel.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers
One indulges him with the hero of the piece: the small, ugly, irate, snuffy quadruped before mentioned.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various
He was in his shirtsleeves—a respectable, snuffy old figure; evidently a man deliberate in words and thoughts and actions.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm|Irvin S. Cobb

Dame Bond, with her unsteady steps and her snuffy black gown, would have been preferable of the two.
The Shadow of Ashlydyat|Mrs. Henry Wood

British Dictionary definitions for snuffy

snuffy

/ (ˈsnʌfɪ) /

adjective snuffier or snuffiest

of, relating to, or resembling snuff

covered with or smelling of snuff

unpleasant; disagreeable

Derived forms of snuffy

snuffiness, noun

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