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Definition of snooty
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
Recent Examples of snooty from the Web
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Others apparently suffer from the current Fear of Formality, believing that anything short of chumminess is snooty — even in obviously formal situations.
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Rather than dealing with the snooty moms who hounded them in the original, including Christina Applegate, this time the moms are fighting back against holiday stress and the expectation of making the season perfect for their families.
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There is an entertaining scene between the artist wearing her traditional Mexican Tehuana dress and snooty patrons at a New York party with the Rockefellers and Fords.
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Though some snooty critics have long dismissed the artist, Jean-Léon Gérôme, and his exquisite, intensely erotic late 19th-century canvas, the sale set a record price for the painter.
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After her car breaks down, Beatriz is invited to sit with the guests, many of whom are snooty social climbers.
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Kings as Samuel steps out of his siblings' shadow and the snooty Lily Belle (Quinn-Gibney) becomes deliciously vindictive.
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When a nightclub singer, a stockbroker, snooty aristocrats and a reckless mobster meet aboard the S.S. American, love and laughter ensue.
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Nearly 40 years after decamping to Los Angeles, where various snooty law firms spurned him, the scent of Eau de Canarsie still clings to Singer.
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First Known Use of snooty
1919
SNOOTY Defined for English Language Learners
snooty
playDefinition of snooty for English Language Learners
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: having or showing the insulting attitude of people who think that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people
SNOOTY Defined for Kids
snooty
playDefinition of snooty for Students
snootier
;snootiest
: rude and arrogant especially to people from a lower class
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