snot-nosed

Examples

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• Halloween was a very big deal back when I was a snot-nosed youth in a tight-sphinctered suburban neighborhood.

  Blog text (22)

• I gaze down at my feet, then up at the snot-nosed child.

  Academic text (2007)

• When I was a snot-nosed kid, I would always get into trouble.

• The snot-nosed children laughed and played in the park all day.

• I remember the snot-nosed kids from my neighborhood running around in the summer.

Synonyms

S

snotty

vssnot-nosed

2 6.6

Covered with wet mucus from the nose

is the same meaning but often used for children

S

sniffly

vssnot-nosed

1 4.6

Having a runny nose and often making soft nose sounds because of a cold or allergy

focuses on visible nasal mucus rather than just a tendency to sniffle

S

snuffly

vssnot-nosed

1 6.1

Having a blocked or runny nose and making soft sniffing sounds

refers to visible nasal mucus rather than blocked nose with sniffles

Antonyms

W

well-groomed

11 3.5

Neat and tidy in appearance with clean clothes and neat hair

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology