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. — MUIRIEL
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3 senses(informal)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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(broadly, informal)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.
(broadly, informal, uncommon)Easily angered or irritated; irritable, short-tempered.
- (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
Examples
5 sentencesNo 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.
Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
snootier, snootiestSynonyms
70 synonymsAntonyms
15 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.