Snottery

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Full of snot or phlegm; snotty..

Definitions by Sense

1. Full of snot or phlegm; snotty.
2. Resembling or characteristic of snot.
3. Presumptuous and demanding.
4. (rare) Abomination; filth.
5. Snobbishness.

Example Sentences

She didn't care about her snottery nose.

"We are about to enter a slavering, snottery, gnashing, bloody, excremental, universal madness, dear boy," he said gently.

It ate with a kind of baleful indifference, its wet, snottery trunk curling out mechanically to take the food through the bars.

She made a witty comment about tissues: at least it wasnt a snottery tissue like how some people leave their snottery tissues on the baize.

A mistake in the kitchen one day, and while the rest of the household sup on the golden broth of a cockerel, out comes a bowl of thin, snottery gruel for Mhairi.

The old man sucked at his pipe, a great snottery, gurgling sound, and tamped down the black, oily tobacco with a horny forefinger, keeping up the suspense like the consummate showman that he was.

I heard him laugh, a deep, snottery rumble, familiarly full of phlegm and juvenile amusement.

"You are in an unco' hurry," she replied, getting nettled, as she filled a glass. "It doesna' do to be so snottery as a' that."

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• more snottery
• most snottery
• snotteries

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