snot-nosed
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9.6
- adjective
- /ˈsnɑtˌnoʊzd/
- Offensive
:
malcriado
- Romney picked a snot-nosed kid as his running mate.
- snot-nosed brat
- snot-nosed kid
Examples
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Do you think they weren't hurt by this snot nosed kid wearing the symbol saying that their dad or brother was dying for a lie?
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Do you think they weren't hurt by this snot nosed kid wearing the symbol saying that their dad or brother was dying for a lie?
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The snot-nosed folks with the biggest mouths generally are the ones that do the least?
Blog text (27) -
They're not all snot-nosed pigs.
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And don't call my daughter a snot-nosed brat.
Fiction book (1990) -
Those little snot-nosed fucks.
Blog text (22) -
You're just a damned snot-nosed buttinski who can't show any respect to her elders.
Fiction book (1990) -
- I think he's got just about as much chance as some snot-nosed spoiled brat being anything other than a good-for-nothing freeloader when he's grown.
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I'm free of snot-nosed kids who only want things, and I'm free of your saintly father and his selfish goodness, and I'm free of all the cant and the hypocrisy of the slime that run this world.
Fiction book (1990) -
I can't believe that snot-nosed kid has the nerve to talk back to me!
Synonyms
22
7.5
A person who thinks they are better than other people
18
6.7
Being short and rude in the way someone speaks
16
7.8
Acting as if you are better than other people
16
7.4
Acting as if you are better than other people
13
8.2
Being rude and not caring about other people's feelings or manners
7
5.3
Acting like you are better than other people because of their money or clothes
6
7.9
Talking a lot in a rude or disrespectful way
1
8.2
A person, often a child, who is rude and acts as if better than others
1
9.9
Acting as if you are better than other people
1
8.5
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
1
8.7
Rude or cheeky when talking back to people in charge
Being very proud and acting like you are better than others
Having a mean or hurtful tone that makes people feel small
Having a rude, mocking look or voice that shows dislike
Antonyms
How Rude
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snot-nosed originally paints the image of a child with snot ('nose mucus') on their nose, and that unkind picture became a way to call someone rude or immature. So, to call someone 'snot-nosed' is to say they are cheeky, annoying, or badly behaved.