snooty
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˈsnuːti/
:
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- She always acts so snooty around people she considers less wealthy.
- snooty waiter
- snooty receptionist
- snooty restaurant
There's a few reasons and it's not, again, not a Snooty thing at all.
- There's a few reasons and it's not, again, not a Snooty thing at all.
- Usually I have to go to the actual like YSL stand and like Snooty stores and stuff.
- So there we were, and here I am afraid that my friends from my Snooty school are going to see us picking up trash.
- It just isn't for me and I'm sorry, OK, I didn't want to sound so, so Snooty, but that's just how I feel.
Examples
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They seem a bit snooty.
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They're so rich and snooty.
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Do not get snooty with me, young lady.
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Most Broadway leading men are very snooty about pictures.
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Was it my fault that my parents trundled me off to a snooty private school?
Fiction book (2000) -
I hated the way she and her friends appeared to me: intelligent, snooty, hip.
Fiction book (1993) -
People imagine Oxford as snooty and posh.
Academic text (2009) -
I leave the store with my head held high, my shoulders back, a little snooty, though my heart beats furiously.
Fiction book (1990) -
Well, old Bellwood is frightfully snooty.
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I would rather hang out with a snooty New Yorker than a know-it-all better-than-you rube.
Blog text (25)
Synonyms
260
4.5
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
99
4.2
Being too confident and acting proud so other people dislike you
85
5.2
A person who feels too pleased with themselves in a way that annoys others
74
7.3
Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are
65
7.4
Acting as if you are better than other people
24
5.4
Thinking you are much better than other people
24
6.6
Seeing yourself as much more important than other people
22
7.5
A person who thinks they are better than other people
16
7.8
Acting as if you are better than other people
16
6.3
A person who thinks they are better than other people and looks down on them
14
8.1
Acting proud and looking down on other people
13
5.8
Acting as if you are better than other people
7
5.3
Acting like you are better than other people because of their money or clothes
7
9.6
Having a rude, arrogant attitude often used to describe a child
4
8.9
Acting as if you are better than other people
1
7.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
1
9.9
Acting as if you are better than other people
1
6.7
Thinking you are better than other people and acting proud
1
8.8
Acting too proud and thinking you are better than others
Acting like you are better than other people
Thinking you are better than other people
Being very proud and acting like you are better than others
Antonyms
How Snooty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snooty comes from snoot, an old word for the 'nose', like snout. Think of someone who 'turns up their nose' at others. That's why snooty means acting 'superior' or 'snobbish'.