Meaning

3 senses
  1. Running or dirtied with mucus.

    rotzig

    сопли́выйsoplívyj

  2. Resembling or characteristic of mucus, especially in texture.

  3. (informal)Ill-tempered or impertinent in an arrogant, conceited manner.

    patzig, rotzig, rotznäsig

    гру́быйgrúbyj, наха́льныйnaxálʹnyj

    (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant

Examples

11 sentences
  1. I know Tom was a snotty child.

  2. I know that Tom was a snotty child.

  3. Tom is a snotty little brat.

    deTom ist eine kleine Rotznase. — raggione

  4. Yanni came with his snotty children.

  5. Tom is trying to be snotty.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
dirtied with snot:
ill-tempered, impertinent:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
dirtied with snot:
ill-tempered, impertinent:

Forms

snottier, snottiest
Comparativesnottier Lesson
Superlativesnottiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant:bigheadedpersnicketysnootystuck-uptoo big for one's breechesuppish

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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