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Snooty   /snˈuti/   Listen
Snooty

adjective
1.
(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant.  Synonyms: bigheaded, persnickety, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish.  "They're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"






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"Snooty" Quotes from Famous Books



... I first meet Nita Leigh?" she repeated his question. "Let me think—Oh, yes! The first year after I went on the stage—1917. We were in the chorus together in 'Teasing Tilly'—a rotten show, by the way. The other girls of the chorus were awfully snooty to me, because I was that anathema, a 'society girl', but Nita was a darling. She showed me the ropes, and we became quite intimate—around the theater only, however, since my parents kept an awfully strict eye on ...
— Murder at Bridge • Anne Austin



Words linked to "Snooty" :   snoot, proud



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