snotty

snot·ty

adjective \ˈsnä-tē\

snot·ti·ersnot·ti·est

Definition of SNOTTY

1

: soiled with nasal mucus <a snotty nose>

2

: annoyingly or spitefully unpleasant; especially : snooty

— snot·ti·ly \ˈsnä-tə-lē\ adverb

— snot·ti·ness \ˈsnä-tē-nəs\ noun

Examples of SNOTTY

1. <a snotty contempt for those brash parvenus who moved into the cookie-cutter mansion next door>

First Known Use of SNOTTY

circa 1570

Related to SNOTTY

Synonyms

aristocratic, elitist, high-hat, persnickety, potty, ritzy, snobby, snooty, snobbish, toffee-nosed [chiefly British]

Related Words

aloof, arrogant, bumptious, haughty, high-and-mighty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-handed, hoity-toity, huffish, huffy, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also topliftical), uppity; biggety (or biggity) [Southern & Midland], bigheaded, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), prideful, self-conceited, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swelled-headed, swellheaded

Near Antonyms

democratic, egalitarian; egoless, humble, modest, unpretentious; antielitist, antisnob

Rhymes with SNOTTY

Ate, dotty, grotty, knotty, plotty, potty, spotty, squatty