snooty
UK /ˈsnuːti/ · US /ˈsnuti/ adjective, noun, proper noun
Forms snootier snootiest snooties
- adjective 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.”
- adjective Of an event, a thing, etc.: elite, exclusive. “Her parties were snooty affairs; custom-designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were de rigueur.”
- adjective (uncommon) Easily angered or irritated; irritable, short-tempered.
- noun (informal, uncommon) Synonym of snoot (“an elitist or snobbish person”).
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
airy arrogant chesty authoritarian biggity big-headed blustery turgescent boastful lordly bombastic buggish cocky conceited disdainful domineering egotistical entitled flatulent flaunting bigheaded persnickety snot-nosed snotty stuck-up too big for one's breeches uppish
Antonyms
abased demure diffident humble humble-hearted low lowly meek mild modest poor resigned
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.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “snooty”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details