as in aristocratic
being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior
the actress plays a genteel yet faintly snooty older woman
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Recent Examples of snooty
What a snooty place until it’s recognized that the percentage of Americans possessing the courage to walk into all manner of high-end restaurants in Manhattan, Beverly Hills and Malibu would similarly be of the .0001 percent small.
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Or try this: Kate Winslet is a snooty debutante in first class who falls for a poor artist in steerage (Titanic).
—Guy Trebay, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Has an old-money crowd and snooty country clubs yet somehow feels a bit more low-key than the other Hamptons.
—Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 23 June 2025
Our top spots strike a balance — swanky but not snooty.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Or try this: Kate Winslet is a snooty debutante in first class who falls for a poor artist in steerage (Titanic).
—Guy Trebay, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Has an old-money crowd and snooty country clubs yet somehow feels a bit more low-key than the other Hamptons.
—Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 23 June 2025
Our top spots strike a balance — swanky but not snooty.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snooty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snooty
Adjective
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While its aristocratic history may be a thing of the past, the hotel (along with its grounds) does still exude the stately, elegant aura of a noble mansion.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Between July 20 and August 6, peasants across France mobilized at a stunning speed following untrue rumors of an aristocratic plot to intentionally starve out much of the population.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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These early years emphasized goofiness, offensiveness, and mocking arrogant celebrities who pushed their platforms at award shows.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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The announcement was made during a backstage segment involving NXT General Manager Ava and the arrogant superstar Lexis King.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Yet, somewhere along the line, Vulcans have become the butt of the joke with their stiff, snobbish demeanor a source of ridicule for their (supposedly) more progressive human shipmates.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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In her senior year of college, Heart the Lover’s protagonist, an English major who goes by the nickname Jordan, meets Sam, a snobbish classmate who quickly becomes her boyfriend.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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And my snobby film school friends and I would accuse those books of turning everything into a formula.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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With the camel’s back broken, Dorothy Scott, summoning all her righteous indignation (and channeled with maybe one-third of Audra McDonald’s extraordinary talent, which is still enough to power the city of Manhattan), lets the snobby scold have it.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Snooty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snooty. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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