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as in snob
a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior our neighbor is a tiresome old snoot who keeps talking about how the neighborhood is going downhill

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as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity an overbearing snob who walks around with her snoot up in the air

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as in grimace
a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval a snoot that suggested that she thought that she was better than the rest of us

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Recent Examples of snoot
Noun
Their snoots ricocheted the ball off the wall and back to the owner who hit it away. David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 Bud is a schnauzer mix with deep, expressive eyes; beige snoot and leg stockings; and a white chest, with the rest of his fur a charcoal black. Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025 Some significant figures are just cut completely, others reduced to a quirk, and others, in the case of the society gossips, turned into a comic chorus: genuinely funny (Sierra Boggess is a hoot as a racist real estate snoot) but also too easy of a punching bag. Steven Oxman, Variety, 9 July 2024 Australian photographer Simon Theuma lit up the scene with a strobe light, concentrated into a focused point with a photography tool called a snoot. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024 Italian photographer Andrea Michelutti took this image underwater, using a snoot, or a device that narrows the camera’s flash down to a point. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023 The snoot of the car has been extended still further and completely reshaped. Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023 That’s when the human reaches out and gives the cat a little boop on its snoot. Melissa Locker, Time, 9 Mar. 2020 Kerry McKeel with the Harris County Animal Shelter held Pumpkin the kitten, wrapped in a towel, as Spring Fire Department’s apparatus operator, Michael Alaniz, gently held the mask to Pumpkin’s tiny snoot. Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 19 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoot
Noun
  • Lisette Olivera assumes the mantle as Jess Valenzuela, a history buff and puzzle snob working odd jobs in New Orleans and mourning the recent death of her mother.
    Joshua Alston, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022
  • On their first day in town, treat your food snob to a fireworks show of Dallas at its most sophisticated.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • Allergies may cause ear pain primarily by affecting the Eustachian tubes, small tubes that connect your ears to your nose, throat, and sinuses.
    Sarah Hudgens, Health, 9 May 2025
  • Symptoms of measles include a fever, rash, cough, fatigue, runny nose and red eyes.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Monday’s developments were greeted with grimace around town.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Monday’s developments were greeted with grimace around town.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps no other American statesman has ever disdained the role of idealism in foreign policy—the meddling of human-rights activists and democracy crusaders—quite like Kissinger.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
  • The Minervois is a sunny land of black truffles, red marble, oak and juniper forests and castles constructed by Cathars (pescatarian Christians who disdained the symbol of the cross, were branded as heretics and subsequently slaughtered wholesale by Papal decree in the 13th century).
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The blanket was wrapped around his entire body, covering his ears and tied under his snout.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • Printed in green foil, the back of each card features an elaborate design incorporating four alligators, all of them touching snouts in the center.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That whoop-ass machine is played with a fierce scowl by MMA fighter Michelle Waterson.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
  • In body and scowl, Paquita radiated like the Disney villain Ursula — a character also inspired by a drag queen, famed actor and performer Divine — but in spirit and heart was far from the sea-dwelling witch who stole an innocent mermaid’s voice.
    Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Reed went on to report a series of grievances against the Griffin teachers union and said she’s been slandered and disrespected by the community.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
  • This means fewer employees feel respected than disrespected!
    Gena Cox, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Next up could be the Hyatt Regency at the Brickell bridge along the mouth of the Miami River.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
  • The single artwork follows the theme of the track, which sees Kesha being choked by someone who holds a cigarette to her mouth, while another arm holds up a silver telephone to her ear.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025

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“Snoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoot. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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