snooty en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈsnuti/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- [-ɾi] (General-American)
- /ˈsnuːti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
The 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. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Meanings
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(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.
I didn't like the way you looked at May Arnold, or the snooty way you talked.
1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XX, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section I, page 252:Look, I know it's tough for you at school right now, but you're awesome. And anybody that gets to know you loves you, even snooty assholes. I should probably be worried about some fancy rich dude stealing you away from me.
2018, Robia Rashid, “Penguin Cam and Chill” (13:34 from the start), in Ryan Case, director, Atypical, season 2, episode 2, spoken by Evan (Graham Rogers), via Netflix:ever since she landed the National gig she's got very snooty about struggling theatre mates, as if she alone has discovered the secret to being successful
2019, Bernardine Evaristo, “Chapter 1 [Yazz]”, in Girl, Woman, Other, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 43:
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(broadly, informal) Of an event, a thing, etc.: elite, exclusive.
The Mercury for 1959 firmly establishes itself as Ford Motor's flashy centerpiece in the middle-price field. […] It's snootier than the Edsel—and snootier than it was, itself, in 1958.
1958 December, Devon Francis, “What’s New with Edsel, Mercury, Lincoln”, in Howard Allaway, editor, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 173, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Popular Science Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 78, column 1:Her parties were snooty affairs; custom-designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were de rigueur.
I grew up a privileged princess in Nob Hill, the snootiest neighborhood in San Francisco. My father's family had so much money they didn't know what to do with it.
2017, Janice Sims, One Fine Day (An Arabesque Novel), New York, N.Y.: Kimani Press, page 128:
- (broadly, informal, uncommon) Easily angered or irritated; irritable, short-tempered.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snootier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| snootiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
demure · verecund · modest · humble · diffident · poor · abased · resigned · self-effacing · low · humble-hearted · mild · unpretentious · lowly · meek
Deriveds
snootiness · snootily · snoot
Synonyms
thrasonical · priggish · inflated · overbearing · hankty · airy · snotty · pompous · hubristic · hubristical · ostentatious · sanctimonious · insolent · blustery · toplofty · snooty · turgescent · cocky · boastful · authoritarian · lordly · domineering · uppy · conceited · hoity-toity · haughty · egotistical · toploftical · haught · bombastic · vain · upstage · thrasonic · tumid · high-handed · turgid · grandiose · orgulous · entitled · imperious · presumptuous · holier-than-thou · overweening · chesty · supercilious · haut · uppity · stuck up · highfalutin · big-headed · high-hat · stout · la-di-da · flatulent · uppish · pretentious · puffed up · full of oneself · self-important · disdainful · snobbish · arrogant · glorious · buggish · biggity · high and mighty · flaunting
Translations (17)
cs snobský (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · ru высокоме́рный (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · pt esnobe (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · mi tū te ihu (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · cs nafoukaný (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · es estirado (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · es presuntuoso (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · fi leuhka (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · el ακατάδεκτος (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · cs nadutý (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · fi koppava (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · bg сно́бски (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · de hochnäsig (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · bg високоме́рен (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · pt presunçoso (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · cs namyšlený (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish) · ru презри́тельный (haughty, pompous, snobbish — see also haughty, pompous, snobbish)