snootier; snootiest
1
: looking down the nose : showing disdain
2
: characterized by snobbery
a snooty store
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Examples of snooty in a Sentence
the actress plays a genteel yet faintly snooty older woman
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Sebastian Stan plays pre-Twitter-fingers Trump in the 1970s, right before the man was anybody but a snooty rich kid from Queens.
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
Also enjoyable are Drew Bradford as Harvard law clerk Emmett and Vivian Romero as Warner’s snooty girlfriend Vivienne.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
At least two digital outlets picked up the story as an example of snooty, pricey F1 vs. regular folks NASCAR, which, like IndyCar, lets fans bring in coolers with food and drink.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
The very title of the film seemed to invite glib headlines and snooty remarks about the overweening ambition of the grandiose filmmaker who was caught waist deep in the big muddy of the Vietnam of his mind.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
Also enjoyable are Drew Bradford as Harvard law clerk Emmett and Vivian Romero as Warner’s snooty girlfriend Vivienne.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
At least two digital outlets picked up the story as an example of snooty, pricey F1 vs. regular folks NASCAR, which, like IndyCar, lets fans bring in coolers with food and drink.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
The very title of the film seemed to invite glib headlines and snooty remarks about the overweening ambition of the grandiose filmmaker who was caught waist deep in the big muddy of the Vietnam of his mind.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Snooty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snooty. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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