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Definition of snooty in English: snootyadjectivesnootier, snootiest ˈsnuːtiˈsnudi informal Showing disapproval or contempt towards others, especially those considered to belong to a lower social class. Example sentencesExamples - When her snooty daughter visits, she is embarrassed by her relative poverty.
- Kelly was hardly alone in his contempt for the snooty officials.
- She was my mother's mother, a proud, snooty woman who had never really forgiven my mom for marrying my dad.
- This is the snooty tone of most of the reports on consumer debt.
- That snooty neighbour of yours may be sitting in the same row and spot you during the intermission.
- I look shocked as the snooty little brat walked toward the office.
- These new northern pilgrims are less snooty than their colonising predecessors.
- Where was the nasal nerdy voice, the plaid suit, the snooty know-it-all haughtiness?
- In a paranoid mood, one might interpret that as frosty, even snooty.
- Plus, no snooty attitudes or other conventional store trappings allowed.
- Most events are free, and even snooty elitists are welcome.
- A young fugitive on a motorbike ran out of petrol and was kissed by the boss's snooty daughter as a dare.
- I suppose they're going to get all snooty and start treating me like their personal assistant.
- They've got a snooty superior liberalist attitude to the working-classes and conservatives alike.
- You like feeling snooty about other people who disagree with you.
- It was the same snooty disdain masking the deep hurt she was feeling.
- The American arts fan, long mythologized as a snooty, wealthy elitist, is changing.
- They always gave that stuck-up, snooty look to old technical teachers like me.
- Many felt, however, that in the snooty world of racing he was made an example because of his background.
- It made it a bit easier for us that even the snooty critics seemed to expect more of that electronic stuff.
Synonyms arrogant, proud, haughty, conceited, lofty, aloof, disdainful, superior, self-important, supercilious, exclusive snobbish, patronizing, condescending, affected, pretentious, elitist, snobby informal uppity, high and mighty, la-di-da, fancy-pants, stuck-up, hoity-toity, snotty British informal toffee-nosed North American informal high-hat, toplofty
Derivatives adverb ˈsnuːtɪliˈsnudəli informal Shouldn't I feel insulted that he's stormed over here to glare snootily at us? Example sentencesExamples - The latter two tend to be snootily dismissed by the aesthetic movement, perhaps deemed not serious enough for consideration as vital elements of twentieth century visual culture.
- ‘I suppose we differ there, in our views’ I continued, snootily.
- It's one thing to snootily complain about other programmers' software without having to develop and maintain my own.
- Naomi smiled and the blonde bombshell snootily followed her, without giving a backward glance.
nounˈsnuːtɪnəsˈsnudinəs informal The atmosphere is comfortable, relaxed, un-stuffy, with none of the snootiness that you might find in a more ‘aspirational’ establishment. Example sentencesExamples - As if to counter the accusations of snootiness, not every selection is wilfully obscure.
- Well, I guess I don't have any friends now… I walked away, depressed, hoping that Libby's snootiness was all a joke.
- I like a movie that makes fun of New York snootiness and snobbery.
- We certainly don't have any snootiness about food.
Origin Early 20th century: from snoot + -y1; compare with snotty. Rhymes agouti, beauty, booty, cootie, cutie, Djibouti, duty, fluty, rooty, tutti-frutti Definition of snooty in US English: snootyadjectiveˈsnudiˈsno͞odē informal Showing disapproval or contempt toward others, especially those considered to belong to a lower social class. Example sentencesExamples - In a paranoid mood, one might interpret that as frosty, even snooty.
- It was the same snooty disdain masking the deep hurt she was feeling.
- Most events are free, and even snooty elitists are welcome.
- A young fugitive on a motorbike ran out of petrol and was kissed by the boss's snooty daughter as a dare.
- This is the snooty tone of most of the reports on consumer debt.
- That snooty neighbour of yours may be sitting in the same row and spot you during the intermission.
- Plus, no snooty attitudes or other conventional store trappings allowed.
- When her snooty daughter visits, she is embarrassed by her relative poverty.
- Kelly was hardly alone in his contempt for the snooty officials.
- They always gave that stuck-up, snooty look to old technical teachers like me.
- They've got a snooty superior liberalist attitude to the working-classes and conservatives alike.
- The American arts fan, long mythologized as a snooty, wealthy elitist, is changing.
- You like feeling snooty about other people who disagree with you.
- Where was the nasal nerdy voice, the plaid suit, the snooty know-it-all haughtiness?
- She was my mother's mother, a proud, snooty woman who had never really forgiven my mom for marrying my dad.
- It made it a bit easier for us that even the snooty critics seemed to expect more of that electronic stuff.
- Many felt, however, that in the snooty world of racing he was made an example because of his background.
- These new northern pilgrims are less snooty than their colonising predecessors.
- I look shocked as the snooty little brat walked toward the office.
- I suppose they're going to get all snooty and start treating me like their personal assistant.
Synonyms arrogant, proud, haughty, conceited, lofty, aloof, disdainful, superior, self-important, supercilious, exclusive
Origin Early 20th century: from snoot + -y; compare with snotty. |