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noun

plural of snoot
1
as in snobs
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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2
as in noses
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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3
as in frowns
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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snoots

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verb

present tense third-person singular of snoot
as in disdains
to show contempt for after some modest success, the singer began to snoot the very people who had helped her get her career off the ground

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoots
  1. snobs
  2. noses
  3. frowns
  4. disdains
  5. snouts
  6. scowls
  7. hates
  8. grimaces
Noun
  • Pinot Noir and Riesling snobs may prefer to hop across the lake to von Mandl’s winery that concentrates solelyon those grapes—Martin’s Lane.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 July 2026
  • The move shocked snobs everywhere, who could not believe that the future Queen of England had chosen a ring from a common catalogue.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
Definition of snobs
Noun
  • In the summer, antihistamines such as Zyrtec, Claritin and Benadryl, along with other allergy medicines, can help relieve symptoms, like sneezing, itchy eyes and runny noses.
    — Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • Formaldehyde can irritate our eyes, throats, noses and lungs, but can also cause cancer — suggesting that exposure to persistent wildfire smoke could become more toxic as time goes on.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of noses
Noun
  • Numbers might be up, but frowns are also up.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
  • No smiles, no frowns, no fluctuations of body warmth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Definition of frowns
Verb
  • The title character disdains the common folk, and the play’s complicated political discussion and harsh, jagged poetry aren’t what most picnicking playgoers are after.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Krikorian said a more traditional law enforcement approach should trade street sweeps for a greater focus on worksite enforcement – something Homan has advocated for, but which Trump disdains.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Definition of disdains
Noun
  • Their long, droopy tails would likely pull them downward and send their snouts bobbing up.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
  • With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Definition of snouts
Noun
  • One of the series’ most creative elements is the variety of scowls Graham deploys while arguing with Hezekiah, Mary, or his younger brother, Treacle (James Nelson-Joyce), a pragmatic family man who represents everything Sugar’s life could have been if he weren’t filled with so much self-loathing.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of scowls
Verb
  • My husband also hates using the respirator and will rarely wear it.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
  • Friedlander is a pop culture and entertainment journalist based in Los Angeles who hates coffee but loves Coke Zero.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of hates
Noun
  • And yet, the wry grimaces that followed said the quiet part out loud.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In the video, Claffey tries to move Ansell away from the subject and grimaces at the camera when his costar seems to say a little too much.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of grimaces
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