"snooty" meaning in English

See snooty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsnuː.ti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snooty.wav Forms: snootier [comparative], snootiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːti Etymology: From snoot + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|snoot|-y}} snoot + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} snooty (comparative snootier, superlative snootiest)
  1. (informal) Pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose. Tags: informal Translations (pompous): снобски (snobski) (Bulgarian), високомерен (visokomeren) (Bulgarian), hochnäsig (German), ακατάδεκτος (akatádektos) (Greek), tū te ihu (Maori), presunçoso (Portuguese), esnobe (Portuguese), презри́тельный (prezrítelʹnyj) (Russian), высокоме́рный (vysokomérnyj) (Russian), presuntuoso (Spanish), estirado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-snooty-en-adj-z2z4s~xY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'pompous': 100 0
  2. (informal) Elite; exclusive. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-snooty-en-adj-hyT6DSmb Disambiguation of Personality: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: snoot, snootily, snootiness

Inflected forms

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