snootier; snootiest
1
: looking down the nose : showing disdain
2
: characterized by snobbery
a snooty store
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Examples of snooty in a Sentence
the actress plays a genteel yet faintly snooty older woman
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When not sparring with the resolute Tell, Gessler is oft accompanied by snooty henchmen and a rebellious princess (Emily Beecham), giving him plenty of outlets to flex his wickedness.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
The city is not as snooty and pretentious as San Francisco.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
But Steve plays a ‘man of the people’ author who goes to a snooty New England college where his daughter teaches.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
The romance plot continues to bleed into Miss Night and Day’s finale even as the series gives over fully to its grim thriller as, after a bunch of red herrings, the murderer is finally revealed to be the snooty, though seemingly harmless, intern Na Ok-hui (Bae Hae-sun) aka Gong Eum-sim.
—Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
The city is not as snooty and pretentious as San Francisco.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
But Steve plays a ‘man of the people’ author who goes to a snooty New England college where his daughter teaches.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
The romance plot continues to bleed into Miss Night and Day’s finale even as the series gives over fully to its grim thriller as, after a bunch of red herrings, the murderer is finally revealed to be the snooty, though seemingly harmless, intern Na Ok-hui (Bae Hae-sun) aka Gong Eum-sim.
—Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Snooty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snooty. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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