SNOOTINESS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

snootiness

noun

Definition of snootiness

as in snobbery

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Recent Examples of snootiness Casual and low-key, but sophisticated and very personable—all the friendliness without the snootiness. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Ink has great fun dramatizing how the staid postwar consensus — a world of snobbery, dignity, and unions — was eclipsed by The Sun’s muscular populism.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
While snobbery and name-dropping dominate, Nora’s feeling of alienation is tempered by her crush on associate editor Thomas (Joshuah Melnick) who, though only slightly older, seems to know everything about piloting the scene.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of snobbery

Noun

Often, entrants include these alongside aristocratic and highbrow interests in a way that could reduce the appearance of snobbishness.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2026
There’s a snobbishness to that kind of comment, which doesn’t make any sense to me.

— Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2025

Definition of snobbishness

Noun

Of course, culture shock works the other way around, too, and the image of Southerners who venture to the cold, bitter North for college only to be met by cultural snobbism and insulting assumptions about their identities is itself a stereotype.

— Nicole LaPorte, Town & Country, 2 Oct. 2022
The pant and skirt suits in particular, along with the nearly all-black palette, reminded me of the snobbism of fashion in the 1990s and early 2000s, especially in New York, when to wear colors and prints was considered gauche.

— Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 May 2022

Definition of snobbism

Noun

Sarah and Billo were plain-sailing people who didn’t pursue beauty or seek out texture, whereas Fanny was an exquisite snob without the circumstances to support such haughtiness.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Pearl revels in wickedness, presenting a literary world in which a successful writer’s haughtiness is both encouraged and rewarded.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025

Definition of haughtiness

Noun

Moreno operated with an imperiousness toward both low-level employees and influential stakeholders.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
There’s something touching about her imperiousness, a regal vulnerability that shines through even in her romantic interaction with Dussie Mae (CJ Obilom), whom Levee has his predatory eye on.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of imperiousness

Noun

This reality, intensified by persistent inflation, is why the 60/30/10 budgeting method has been rising in popularity.

— Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 Sep. 2026
With fighting intensifying and no sign of diplomatic progress, oil prices have headed back up, worsening the inflation outlook.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of inflation

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