snuffy

[ snuhf-ee ]

/ ˈsnʌf i /

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.

Words nearby snuffy

snuff stick, snuff-dipping, snuffbox, snuffer, snuffle, snuffy, snug, snug as a bug in a rug, snuggery, snuggies, snuggle

Origin of snuffy

First recorded in 1780–90; snuff¹ + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM snuffy

snuff·i·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for snuffy

I don't believe you, for you would go to some snuffy, maundering old minister.
Afterwards|Ian Maclaren
She is not pleasant-looking, to be sure; snuffy and disagreeable in her ways also.
The Pansy Magazine, August 1886|Various
Our snuffy friend Spoon was not exempt from the ambitious failings of lesser men.
Ask Momma|R. S. Surtees
I never shall forget a snuffy old lady whom I used to be obliged, when a child, to kiss.
Folly as It Flies|Fanny Fern

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

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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snuffy

adjective, snuff·i·er, snuff·i·est.

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Words nearby snuffy

Origin of snuffy

OTHER WORDS FROM snuffy

Examples from the Web for snuffy

British Dictionary definitions for snuffy

adjective snuffier or snuffiest

Derived forms of snuffy