snotty-nosedadj.
Having the nose running or dirty with snot; also, mean, paltry, contemptible.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible
unworthc893
unwrastc893
littleOE
narrow-hearteda1200
wretcha1200
unworthya1240
wretchedc1250
un-i-wrastc1275
bad1276
lechera1300
feeblea1325
despisablea1340
villain1340
contemptiblec1384
lousyc1386
caitiff1393
brothelyc1400
roinousa1425
poor1425
sevenpennyc1475
nasty1477
peakish1519
filthy1533
despectuous1541
beggary1542
scald1542
shitten?1545
disdainfula1547
contemptuous1549
despicable1553
skit-brained?1553
contemniblea1555
vile1560
sluttish1561
queer1567
scornful1570
scallardc1575
tinkerly?1576
worthless1576
beggarly?1577
paltry1578
halfpenny1579
dog bolt1580
pitiful1582
sneaking1582
triobolar1585
wormisha1586
baddy1586
dudgeon1592
measled1596
packstaff1598
roguey1598
roguish1601
contemptful1608
grovelling1608
lightly1608
disdainable1611
purulent1611
snotty-nose1622
vilipendious1630
cittern-headed1638
wormy1640
pissabed1643
triobolary1644
disparageable1648
blue-bellied1652
unestimable1656
scullion1658
piteous1667
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
snotty1681
snotty-nosed1682
mucky1683
bollocky1694
scoundrel1700
scaldeda1704
sneaking1703
ficulnean1716
unsolid1731
pitiable1753
scrubby1754
inimitable1798
scrubbish1798
worm-likea1807
small1824
lowlife1827
ketty1828
skunkish1831
yellow-bellied1833
scaly1843
cockroachya1845
wutless1853
nigger1859
trashy1862
low-down1872
cruddy1877
shitty1879
tinhorn1886
blithering1889
motherfucking1890
snidey1890
pilgarlicky1894
shitass1895
shoddy1918
yah boo1921
bitching1929
shit-faced1932
turdish1936
fricking1937
jerk-off1937
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
snot-nosed1941
jerky1944
mother-loving1948
scroungy1948
fecking1952
pissant1952
shit-kicking1953
shit-eating1956
bumboclaat1957
rassclaat1957
shit-headed1959
farkakte1960
shithouse1966
daggy1967
dipshit1968
scuzzy1969
bloodclaat1971
bitch ass1972
wanky1972
streelish1974
twatty1975
twattish1976
dweeby1988
douchey1991
wank1991
cockish1996
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible > of people
vile1340
light1529
sixpenny1561
single-soled1588
squirting1592
washya1631
insignificant1669
snotty-nosed1682
nerdy1960
nerkish1975
nerdish1980
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > dirty with snivel
snivelled1531
snotty1545
snottish1648
snotty-nosed1682
snot-nosed1941
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > mucous discharge > of nose > having
snotty-nose1622
snotty1656
snotty-nosed1682
runny-nosed1922
1682 R. Westcot tr. J. Selden Reverse Eng. Janus Pref. sig. b1v Let snotty nosed Fellows..approve what I write, or let them flout and fleer.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses iii. 9 My Husband took him in, a dirty, snotty-nos'd Boy.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Snivelling Peaking, snotty-nosed, childish.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Snot A snotty-nosed boy.
1894 J. Hartley Halifax Clock Almanack 2 (E.D.D.) Snotty-noased lads 'at aw remember.
1948 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Aug. 15/8 It was Walker who once told the Babe on a memorable occasion never to let down ‘those snotty-nosed kids’ who always loved him.
1971 P. Audemars Stolen like Magic Away v. 66 All that love and..passion—thrown away every day on a bunch of snotty-nosed kids who take it..for granted.
1978 N. J. Crisp London Deal vii. 109 There's a snotty nosed young DC from the Yard sitting in his car outside.
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