snooty
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snooty (comparative snootier, superlative snootiest)
- (informal) Pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
- Sir Sydney was an arrogant, snooty, bigoted prig, so it was with some satisfaction that I wrote out his parking ticket.
- 2018, Tim Graham, NewsBusters[1]:
- He left out Town & Country, the magazine for snooty East Coast liberals.
- 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 43:
- ever since she landed the National gig sheʼs got very snooty about struggling theatre mates, as if she alone has discovered the secret to being successful
- (informal) Elite; exclusive.
- Her parties were snooty affairs; custom-designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were de rigueur.
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- See also Thesaurus:arrogant
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pompous
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