snooty
Haughty, pompous, snobbishHaughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
» No instrument is snootier than the piccolo trumpet.
Kein Instrument ist versnobter als die Piccolotrompete.
Значение
значений: 3(разговорное)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.
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презри́тельныйprezrítelʹnyj, высокоме́рныйvysokomérnyj
(шире, разговорное)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.
(шире, разговорное, нечастое)Easily angered or irritated; irritable, short-tempered.
- (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
Примеры
предложений: 5No instrument is snootier than the piccolo trumpet.
deKein Instrument ist versnobter als die Piccolotrompete. — MUIRIEL
Cindy thinks that her snooty attitude makes her look smart.
He may have lowbrow tastes but at least he's not snooty and conceited.
Yanni's mother was snooty.
Yanni was snooty.
Переводы
языков: 4По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
The adjective is derived from snoot (“(UK, dialectal, and slang) snout; nose”) + -y (suffiThe 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.
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Формы
snootier, snootiestСинонимы
синонимов: 72- (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant:bigheadedpersnicketysnot-nosedsnottystuck-uptoo big for one's breechesuppish
Антонимы
антонимов: 15Однокоренные
связанных слов: 3Уроки к слову
уроков: 2- A2Сравнительная степень — Потому что у него есть сравнительная степень
- A2Превосходная степень — Потому что у него есть превосходная степень