Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hold one's nose up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables
hold one's nose up
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

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What does hold one's nose up mean?
To be disdainful or dismissive towards something.

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