snooty

English

Etymology

From snoot +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnuː.ti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːti

Adjective

snooty (comparative snootier, superlative snootiest)

1. (informal) 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.

   • 2018, Tim Graham, NewsBusters‎:

     He left out Town & Country, the magazine for snooty East Coast liberals.

   • 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 43:

     ever since she landed the National gig sheʼs got very snooty about struggling theatre mates, as if she alone has discovered the secret to being successful

2. (informal) Elite; exclusive.

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Related terms

• snoot
• snootily
• snootiness

Translations

pompous

Bulgarian: сно́бски (bg) (snóbski), високоме́рен (bg) (visokoméren) German: hochnäsig (de) Greek: ακατάδεκτος (el) (akatádektos) Maori: tū te ihu Portuguese: presunçoso (pt), esnobe (pt) Russian: презри́тельный (ru) (prezrítelʹnyj), высокоме́рный (ru) (vysokomérnyj) Spanish: presuntuoso (es), estirado (es)

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