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snuffy

[ snuhf-ee ]

adjective

, snuff·i·er, snuff·i·est.
  1. resembling snuff.
  2. soiled with snuff.
  3. given to the use of snuff.
  4. having an unpleasant appearance.
  5. having hurt feelings.
  6. easily displeased.


snuffy

/ ˈsnʌfɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling snuff
  2. covered with or smelling of snuff
  3. unpleasant; disagreeable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsnuffiness, noun
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Other Words From

  • snuffi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of snuffy1

First recorded in 1780–90; snuff 1 + -y 1
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Example Sentences

Another snuffy figure with a stoop and a bald head and a pen came through a curtain.

As for Halyard, he was unspeakable, bundled up in his snuffy shawls, and making uncouth noises over his gruel.

One indulges him with the hero of the piece: the small, ugly, irate, snuffy quadruped before mentioned.

He was in his shirtsleeves—a respectable, snuffy old figure; evidently a man deliberate in words and thoughts and actions.

Dame Bond, with her unsteady steps and her snuffy black gown, would have been preferable of the two.

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