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
Chiefs fans likely will remember Aikman’s snooty social-media message, which was shared exactly six years ago Tuesday.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
Bartlett played a snooty author named Barbara Thorndyke who befriends Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur).
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
There’s also a love triangle involving Bull, Honey, and a snooty Borzoi (Beck Bennett) which is meant to gird all of the self-conscious raunchiness with rom-com sweetness, and somehow makes the whole affair feel even more phony and half-baked.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
The sequel finds single mother Anna engaged to likable British chef Eric (Manny Jacinto) after just six months of dating, and surfer girl Harper and Eric's somewhat snooty daughter Lily don't get along at all.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
Bartlett played a snooty author named Barbara Thorndyke who befriends Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur).
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
There’s also a love triangle involving Bull, Honey, and a snooty Borzoi (Beck Bennett) which is meant to gird all of the self-conscious raunchiness with rom-com sweetness, and somehow makes the whole affair feel even more phony and half-baked.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
The sequel finds single mother Anna engaged to likable British chef Eric (Manny Jacinto) after just six months of dating, and surfer girl Harper and Eric's somewhat snooty daughter Lily don't get along at all.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snooty
Adjective
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Under the law, the remaining earls, viscounts and dukes who inherited their seats in the chamber along with their aristocratic titles will leave Parliament for good when the current session concludes this spring.—
Peter Weber,
TheWeek,
12 Mar. 2026
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On Tuesday night, members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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This is an organization that can be frustratingly set in its ways and arrogant in its belief that there’s no better way.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Planning for more than 11 contests out of Dobbins, something only produced twice over his first six NFL seasons, isn’t just arrogant.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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It’s been broadly debated whether the novel actually is a love story between the snobbish Cathy and the glowering Heathcliff.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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These page-turning stories will put characters like Pride and Prejudice’s snobbish Caroline Bingley to the modern descendant of Sense and Sensibility’s Eliza Williams at center stage in elevated fan fiction for Janeites.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
16 Dec. 2025
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In the Margaret Thatcher biopic, Streep sports a stiff upper lip and no patience for snobby misogyny as England's first female prime minister.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Hugh Laurie stars as Ryan Clark, captain of a giant space cruise ship full of snobby, rich tourists, though when the ship's course is changed from a few weeks to more than three years, the classy decorum begins to break down.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Jan. 2026
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