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snooty
[snoo-tee]
snooty
/ Ė²õ²Ō³ÜĖ³ŁÉŖ /
adjective
aloof or supercilious
snobbish or exclusive
a snooty restaurant
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- snootily adverb
- snootiness noun
Example Sentences
California had its own north/south rivalry, and Otis resented Northern Californiansā snooty perception of the ācow countiesā south of the Tehachapi Mountains.
By so doing, they fail to take out Trumpās dominance advantage while continuing to look like snooty elites.
The city is not as snooty and pretentious as San Francisco.
Then in 1978 comes this movie that shows two competing fraternity chapters: Kevin Baconās Omega Theta Pi, representing the old snooty ways, and John Belushiās Delta Tau Chi, showing a wild new future.
The Oscars will never be the place for snooty cinephiles like myself to exercise our theories and pet squabbles.
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Related 51³Ō¹Ļs
- arrogantĢż
- condescendingĢż
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- pompousĢż
- snobbishĢż
When To Use
Snooty means snobby. Itās typically used to describe a person who thinks they have better taste or higher standards than other people and treats them in a condescending way because of it.Snooty is always used negatively. Itās often used to describe people that exclude others, typically due to the perception that others are not good enough. Snooty isnāt only applied to peopleāyou can call a restaurant snooty, for example, if itās overly exclusive.A snooty person can be called a snoot, which means the same thing as snob. But the adjective snooty is much more commonly used than the noun snoot.Example: The kids in my class are so snootyāthey all just stick to their own cliques and donāt try to make friends with anyone else.
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