{ "toffee-nosed":{ "being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{ "examples":[ "having come from the middle class, he suffered at the hands of the toffee-nosed twits at Eton" ], "synonyms":[ "aristocratic", "elitist", "high-hat", "persnickety", "potty", "ritzy", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "snotty" ], "near synonyms":[ "aloof", "arrogant", "bumptious", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "high-handed", "hoity-toity", "huffish", "huffy", "imperious", "lordly", "overweening", "peremptory", "pompous", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppity", "biggety", "biggity", "bigheaded", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "prideful", "self-conceited", "self-important", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "swelled-headed", "swellheaded" ], "near antonyms":[ "democratic", "egalitarian", "egoless", "humble", "modest", "unpretentious", "antielitist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }