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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 scowl
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
The dog's head poked out from under her seat with his snoot by her heels. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoot
Noun
  • The hard-to-shop-for scent snob in your family?
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • On my African American side, there’s my father, who’s become a coffee snob and appreciates a great cup of black coffee made with beans from a small roaster.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Love, give me lips and noses, skin parting tangy skin.
    Carson Colenbaugh, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2025
  • To experience it, visitors to the free exhibition don a VR headset outfitted with a scent dispenser that sits over the nose.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • If Simmons’ Demon was Kiss’ scowl, then Frehley’s Spaceman was its cackle.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • After a beat, Eilish is seen yanking herself away and storms off, surrounded by security with an angry scowl on her face.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump and his circle disdain the Bush-Ryan-Romney Republican Establishment and Clinton-Schumer-Jeffries Democratic Establishment in equal measure.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Even if the 23rd French president’s time behind bars is cut short, the sound of any jailhouse door hitting him in the rear would be a sweet one for the many, many who disdained his right-wing politics and spectacular thirst for attention.
    Alexandra Marshall, Air Mail, 1 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • When the book got big on TikTok in 2020, that was one of the types of videos that people made over and over — snot coming out of their noses, mascara running down their faces, heaving sobs.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Thompson’s Hedda is a clever, status-conscious snot raised to believe that her sole purpose is to be a rich man’s wife.
    Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Coupe prototype is a high-riding grand tourer with a long snout, doors that slide open rather than swing, and a fastback roofline – a classic high-line design characteristic.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
  • That bumper accentuates the Maserati’s alluring, shark-like snout.
    Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If only humans kept their expressions to cartoonishly clear frowns and smiles.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
  • How to Watch North Carolina at Syracuse Bill Belichick’s first season as North Carolina head coach is winding to a whimpering close, but an ACC win over Syracuse under the Friday Night Lights would sure turn some frowns upside down at Chapel Hill.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Screech your outrage, ACC schools disrespected by just one bid and pound your shoes on a desk somewhere, Notre Dame haters, especially those in the commonwealth of Kentucky and in the sunny setting of Miami.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In hundreds of communications reviewed by USA TODAY, Rochelle described falling behind on mortgage payments, needing help finding a daycare in Austin and feeling disrespected by caseworkers.
    Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Snoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoot. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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