Snooty

Quick meaning: Snooty is an adjective meaning Haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.

Meaning

Haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.

More Meanings

1. Of an event, a thing, etc.: elite, exclusive.
2. Easily angered or irritated; irritable, short-tempered.
3. (informal, uncommon) Synonym of snoot (“an elitist or snobbish person”).

Example Sentences

I didn't like the way you looked at May Arnold, or the snooty way you talked.

Because you never hung around with the city snooties like I did, scooping up the council gossip.

Sir Sydney was an arrogant, snooty, bigoted prig, so it was with some satisfaction that I wrote out his parking ticket.

Her parties were snooty affairs; custom-designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were de rigueur.

Word Forms

• snootier
• snootiest
• snooties

Synonyms for snooty

Depending on context, synonyms include airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed.

Antonyms for snooty

Common opposites include abased, demure, diffident, humble, humble-hearted, low.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include proud, persnickety, snot-nosed, uppish, bigheaded, snotty.

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