snootyadj.
/ˈsnuːti/, U.S. /ˈsnudi/ Supercilious, haughty, conceited; affecting superiority, snobbish; ‘highbrow’, ‘stuck-up’. Occasionally, irritable, short-tempered.
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the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective]
taunt?a1534
cocket1537
fastuous?1591
cobbing1599
whalebone1602
airy1606
fastigious1625
flatuous1630
high and mighty1633
vapouring1647
flatulent1658
hoity-toity1690
jackanapish1696
superior1711
penseful1788
uppish1789
pensy1790
stuck-up1812
glorified1821
toploftical1823
pretentious1832
sophomoric1837
highty-tighty1847
snippy1848
jumped-up1852
set-up1856
toplofty1859
cock-aloft1861
high-tone1864
high-toned1866
pretensivea1868
fancy-pants1870
hunched1870
snotty1870
head-in-air1880
uppity1880
jackanapsian1881
airified1882
sidey1898
posh1914
upstage1918
snooty1919
high-hatted1924
hincty1924
snot-nosed1941
posho1989
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective]
sharpc1000
impatient1377
out-sharpinga1382
teethya1500
fumish1523
testy1526
crabbed1535
tettish1567
peevish1577
kickish1589
splenetic1593
spleenful1594
tetchy1596
wasp-stung1598
touchy1602
spleeny1604
pruriginous1609
teety1621
splenitive1633
peltish1648
irritable1662
splenatic1663
splenetive1678
unheer1691
rusty1694
nettlesome1766
stingy1781
snarly1798
tutty1809
spleenical1818
rileya1824
nettly1825
edgy1837
porcupinal1846
shirty1846
raspish1854
peckish1857
streaky1860
owly1864
teasy1866
fussy1869
raspy1869
spiky1881
chippyc1885
tetchous1890
narky1895
snarky1906
ringy1907
snarkish1912
Scot1916
crooked1945
niggly1952
snooty1959
kvetchy1965
to be on the rag1967
sandpaper1976
gribble1984
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1919 A. Huxley Let. 12 Aug. (1969) 180 A very snooty cousin and a sporty one.
1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xx. 252 I didn't like..the snooty way you talked.
1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. xvi. 172 She says you were kinda snooty with her. Tried to high-hat her.
1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. vii. 303 Reproaches and rather snooty laughs were exchanged.
1940 in Harrison & Madge War begins at Home xiv. 379 They're quite snooty, because you don't buy anything else.
1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ in D. M. Davin N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 282 I was lucky to have a girl like Betty who was keen on football. Some of the girls used to go very snooty when the blokes couldn't take them to the Friday-night hops.
1955 E. Cadell Lark shall Sing v. 67 One of those snooty little cafés..run by bony gentlewomen.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 178 A short-tempered person is spoken of as being..snappy, snooty (meaning easily irritated), and sharp-edged.
1960 O. Manning Great Fortune ii. 142 The English wives were a bit snooty with me.
1980 R. Barnard Death in Cold Climate vi. 60 You know how the English can say ‘Really?’—all cold and snooty.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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