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• s  having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
  very sniffy about breaches of etiquette

• Wine-tasting sessions became social events and the sniffy phrases of oenology became part of the language.
• Many who once thought Martin Dies served a purpose when there actually was a fellow traveler behind every other lamppost became more more sniffy about his methods, said .
• As a sniffy commentary from China's official news service Xinhua noted: "We have to admit the theme of the game is more positive and healthy than the ones that promote violence.

• disdainful
• haughty
• imperious
• lordly
• overbearing
• prideful
• supercilious
• swaggering

News & Articles

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• The Economics Of The Decline Of The Patriarchy
  Hanna Rosin's "The End Of Men" has some reviewers being rather sniffy about her basic thesis. That the success of feminism, the decline of the patriarchy, has more to do with economic changes than anything else. Of course, being male my opinion has no value here but it does seem to me to be obvious that she's onto something here. And her point is more important than just an academic snarl about ...
  July 14, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Alan Cumming in Seattle Times
  Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained,says Cumming, 40, who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dance. "But I love a film where I...
• Charles Saatchi in Times Online
  I think there are now quite a number of Chinese artists as good as any in the West,Saatchi said. "We were initially sniffy, as it seemed derivative, but we've been won over."
• Anne Hathaway in Event Guide
  When friends began telling me about this book, I was actually a little sniffy about it,says Hathaway. "I told them I didn't read that kind of book, that I was at college reading serious literature. Once I read the script though, I was...