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sniffish

sniffish adjective: sniffy; disdainful; haughty.

Adjective

sniffish (comparative more sniffish, superlative most sniffish)

  1. sniffy; disdainful; haughty.

Forms of sniffish

comparativemore sniffish
superlativemost sniffish

Origin of sniffish

From sniff + -ish.

Words formed from sniffish

Questions about sniffish

What does sniffish mean?
Sniffish means sniffy; disdainful; haughty.
What part of speech is sniffish?
Sniffish is an adjective.

Words near sniffish in the dictionary

  1. sniffing up
  2. sniffing-the-morning-air position
  3. sniffing-the-morning-air positions
  4. sniffingly
  5. sniffings
  6. sniffish
  7. sniffishly
  8. sniffishness
  9. sniffle
  10. sniffled
  11. sniffler

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