snorty
1
9.7
- adjective
- /ˈsnɔːti/
- UK
- She snapped at everyone because she was feeling snorty this morning.
Examples
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Whenever he doesn't get enough sleep, he becomes quite snorty and irritable.
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He was in a snorty mood after his team lost the game.
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Touching her things and making this weird snorty sound, like he was having trouble breathing.
Fiction book (1993) -
He did the snorty laugh.
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It's a funny, snorty, bubbling sound, but it's definitely snoring.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
108
4.2
Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry
22
9.6
Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood
22
8.5
Being bad-tempered and stubborn, often hard to deal with
20
8.2
Acting easily annoyed and impatient about small things
18
5.7
Quick to get angry or upset by small things
18
6.7
Being short and rude in the way someone speaks
9
5.9
Quick to feel annoyed or offended by small remarks
9
8.3
Easily upset and reacting too much in a childish way
6
4.2
Quick to get angry or easily annoyed
5
8.6
Quick to become angry, often at small things
3
9.5
Often bad-tempered and easily annoyed, like a grumpy older person
2
7.2
Speaking in a short, angry way because you are annoyed
2
9.1
Gets angry easily about small things
1
8.8
Quick to speak in a rude or angry way that hurts others
1
6.4
Quick to get annoyed and show irritation
1
9.1
Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended
1
9.9
Easily annoyed and quick to complain about small things
1
8.9
Being rude and getting upset by small things
1
7.1
Showing irritation and wanting to be left alone
Being bad-tempered and easily offended
Being a little angry and easily annoyed with people
Antonyms
How Irritable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word snorty comes from snort, which means 'to make a short, angry sound', plus the ending -y that means 'full of' or 'having'. So, if someone is snorty they make small angry noises and are easily annoyed.