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

Derived Forms

• ˈsnuffiness, noun

Other Words From

• snuffi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of snuffy¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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