snooty
pronunciation
How to pronounce snooty in British English:
UK [ˈsnuːti]
How to pronounce snooty in American English:
US [ˈsnuːti]
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- Adjective:
- used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or arrogant
Word Origin
- snooty (adj.)
- "proud, arrogant," 1918, noted that year as college slang, from snoot (n.) + -y (2). Probably with suggestions of snouty (1858); the notion being of "looking down one's nose." Related: Snootily; snootiness.
Example
- 1. She 's a very snooty cat .
- 2. But will snooty shoppers in the west want to own what thousands of chinese people are wearing ?
- 3. Like their distant cousins the snooty novelists , many camera buffs eschew digital for the comfort of darkrooms and the aroma of developer fluid .
- 4. Still , the typewriter 's primary market appears to be snooty novelists who claim they cannot compose on any technology introduced since hemingway took a dirt nap .
- 5. At a recent focus group in wisconsin , a swing state , wavering female voters described him as a cold , distant and snooty figure with whom they would be uncomfortable socialising .