snooty
/ˈsnuːti//ˈsnuti/
snooty adjective: haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
Adjective
snooty (comparative snootier, superlative snootiest)
- Haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
- Sir Sydney was an arrogant, snooty, bigoted prig, so it was with some satisfaction that I wrote out his parking ticket.
- I didn't like the way you looked at May Arnold, or the snooty way you talked.1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XX, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section I, page 252
- Synonyms:
- airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery, turgescent, boastful, lordly
- Of an event, a thing, etc.: elite, exclusive.
- Her parties were snooty affairs; custom-designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were de rigueur.
- The Mercury for 1959 firmly establishes itself as Ford Motor's flashy centerpiece in the middle-price field. […] It's snootier than the Edsel—and snootier than it was, itself, in 1958.1958 December, Devon Francis, “What’s New with Edsel, Mercury, Lincoln”, in Howard Allaway, editor, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 173, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Popular Science Publishing...
- Easily angered or irritated; irritable, short-tempered.
Noun
snooty (plural snooties)
- Synonym of snoot (“an elitist or snobbish person”).
- Well there was always cliques as far as that goes. You had your snooties and dooties, and people that were down to earth, and it's mixed.1993, Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline D. Davis, quoting D. J., “‘Maybe ’cause Things Were Harder … You Had to Be More Friendly’: Race and Class in the Lesbian Community of the 1950s”, in Boots...
- Because you never hung around with the city snooties like I did, scooping up the council gossip.2005 February, Tara K. Harper, chapter XVIII, in Wolf in Night (Tales of the Wolves; 7), New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 193
- Synonyms:
- snoot
Proper noun capitalized: Snooty
Snooty
- A surname.
snooty meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
snooty in Tamil
- தன் அகந்தையுடைய
snooty in Urdu
- حقارت آمیز, مغرور
snooty in Malayalam
- haughty, arrogant, proud
- അഹന്തയുള്ള, ഗർവ്വുള്ള, ഔദ്ധത്യമുള്ള, ദുർമ്മദ, ദുരഹങ്കാരമുള്ള, ദുരഭിമാനിയായ
snooty in Kannada
- ಗರ್ವದ, ಜಂಬದ, ಅಹಂಕಾರದ, ದರ್ಪದ, ಒಣ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠೆಯ
Examples of snooty in a sentence
- And anybody that gets to know you loves you, even snooty assholes.2018, Robia Rashid, “Penguin Cam and Chill” (13:34 from the start), in Ryan Case, director, Atypical, season 2, episode 2, spoken by Evan...
- ever since she landed the National gig she's got very snooty about struggling theatre mates, as if she alone has discovered the secret to being successful2019, Bernardine Evaristo, “Chapter 1 [Yazz]”, in Girl, Woman, Other, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 43:
- I don't care a whole lot for the snooty people. […] Yup, the snooties are a pain in the—uh—rear end—but at least you know where they're coming from.2013, Stan Poel, chapter 3, in Of Souls and Patriots, Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 34:
Synonyms of snooty
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- bombastic
- cocky
- conceited
- disdainful
- domineering
- egotistical
- entitled
- flaunting
- full of oneself
- grandiose
- hankty
- haughty
- high-handed
- high-hat
- high and mighty
- highfalutin
- hoity-toity
- holier-than-thou
- hubristic
- hubristical
- imperious
- inflated
- insolent
- la-di-da
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- overweening
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
Antonyms
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Forms of snooty
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | snootier |
| superlative | snootiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | snooties |
Origin of snooty
The adjective is derived from snoot (“(UK, dialectal, and slang) snout; nose”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’), probably referring to a snobbish person often having their nose in the air (that is, acting disdainfully towards others). Snoot is a dialectal variant of snout. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Words formed from snooty
Words that rhyme with snooty
Questions about snooty
- What does snooty mean?
- Snooty means haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
- What is snooty in Tamil?
- Snooty in Tamil is தன் அகந்தையுடைய. See Snooty meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use snooty in a sentence?
- And anybody that gets to know you loves you, even snooty assholes.
- What part of speech is snooty?
- Snooty can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce snooty?
- Snooty is pronounced /ˈsnuːti/ (UK).
Words near snooty in the dictionary
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