Snuffy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsnʌfi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Snuffy is an adjective meaning Soiled with snuff.
Meaning
Soiled with snuff.
More Meanings
- Resembling or characteristic of snuff.
- That causes sniffing and nasal irritation due to dust.
- (obsolete, Scotland) Sulky; angry; vexed.
- (slang) Drunk.
Example Sentences
The postchaise contained a snuffy old dowager of seventy, with a maid, her contemporary.
I must now let you know what sort of a personage this same First President is; you imagine that he is a disagreeable snuffy old fellow
She could fight, too, when I got snuffy. […] Once I come home from elk camp so drunk I couldn't hardly sit my horse, and Sylvie near to kilt me, she fought me so hard.
Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.
Word Forms
- snuffier
- snuffiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include snuffish, snotty, sniffy, snivelled, sniffly, snooded.
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