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单词 snotty
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Definition of snotty in English:

snotty

adjectivesnottiest, snottier ˈsnɒtiˈsnɑdi
informal
  • 1Full of or covered with nasal mucus.

    a snotty nose
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their snotty noses run, they put everything in their mouths, and they get secretions on their hands and contaminate whatever they touch.
    • In other news, I have a box of tissues here that I bought upstairs earlier to help with my snotty nose.
    • There was a sharp pain in his back and he turned around to find a little boy with big eyes and a snotty nose.
    • Franklin has some new tricks up his snotty, drool drenched sleeve…
    • He was really lanky and scrawny but other than that he looked perfectly normal, other than the snotty business around his nose area.
    • Add to the mix my head, snotty and sore, and you have the makings of a pretty pathetic day for myself… and anyone else who dares to be near me.
    • Then he planted a big sloppy, snotty, wet kiss on my mouth and rubbed his nose back and forth on mine.
    • Of course, it could be because Franklin has a particularly snotty nose at the moment.
    • Another snotty cold is just what I needed right now.
    • Fever and chills, a hacking cough, snotty tissues, and discarded cups of tea are all that remain here for the moment.
    • I belong to a generation who had our tonsils removed for recurrent snotty noses.
    • While it's in there it should also learn how to wipe it's snotty nose, sleep through the night, and how to fix mama a hot dog.
    • And after last night, with her crying those huge, snotty tears over Constantine, she has to be gone.
    • The frightful cold permeates every layer - no matter how many layers you may be wearing - and hangs off the nose in snotty icicle drips.
    • The obvious signs and symptoms are snotty noses, ear infections, stomach aches, and headaches.
    • It feels really odd to be sneezing and snotty and reaching for the Kleenex when the swallows are arcing through a cloudless sky…
    • Dante had a really snotty nose yesterday which was pretty gross.
    Synonyms
    contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, sneering, snide, scathing, disparaging, negative, unenthusiastic, offhand, perfunctory
  • 2Having or showing a superior or conceited attitude.

    a snotty letter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Being a bit snotty, I then asked the teacher if we really need to respect all of our elders, because to some degree respect must be earned.
    • The narrator, as snotty teenagers tend to be, is terribly embarrassed by this until his father's cousin tells him why his father is so attached to clowning around.
    • I've wanted to speak at a graduation since I left my snotty high school, with its inane rule about needing good grades to address the class.
    • Her son Bobby is a snotty workaholic who is conveniently too busy to deal with anything on an emotional level.
    • This year, I am not going to be irritated by snotty comments.
    • I know it's great fun for people to get all snotty and snide over things about which they apparently know nothing.
    • The attractive part of the vocal delivery is the tone, the snotty sneer with which nearly every line is delivered.
    • Liz, we've never heard of you either, but allow us to offer you some advice: If you're going to be snotty, at least make some effort at getting the facts right.
    • I was going to snort and say something snotty, but there was something pathetic about the way she said ‘too’ that made me reconsider.
    • I don't mean that to sound snotty, I really do believe it.
    • If I'd finished University and attained my degree, I like to imagine that I wouldn't be quite so snotty about waving it around.
    • Then she gave ma a snotty look before she flounced off.
    • My snotty friends, laughed at me so hard and questioned me at length about how I could be seen walking around with such a loser, that I told him that I didn't want to see him anymore.
    • But here's the view from the other side, from someone who's smarter, and to my chagrin, better at snotty remarks, than me.
    • She went to places away from snotty cheerleaders and selfish little princesses that dominated the population of high school.
    • They're young, loud and man, are they ever snotty.
    • The receptionists are still snotty cows though.
    • Go read the whole thing for the snotty tone; note here that he manages not to understand the powers of several major characters.
    • Having said which, I am just as self-conscious about this sort of thing as the next person; and just as prone to making unjustifiably snotty comments as the next person to them.
    • So we're in the kitchen doing our thing when this woman comes in and says in her snotty way, ‘Are you the caterers?’
    Synonyms
    haughty, conceited, hubristic, self-important, opinionated, egotistic, full of oneself, superior

Derivatives

  • snottily

  • adverb
    informal
    • Thankfully there were no other people in the room to be snottily disdainful, but Naomi looked a little taken aback.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I got told very snottily to wait, when I asked why, and why I was being kept from patrol duties there wasn't a proper answer so I got on with the job I'm paid to do.
      • ‘You're welcome,’ I responded just as snottily.
      • She looked snottily at me, then went back to talk to the dark-haired boy.
      • ‘Yes, I have for your information, but I'd rather not,’ she replied, snottily.
  • snottiness

  • noun
    informal
    • That's merely amusing in its snottiness but this is despicable.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Or would it create another level of snottiness and exclude people with innate talent who shunned school in favor of experimentation?
      • You don't get extra points for snottiness, Will.
      • In fact, she did feel like a particularly snotty principal of a particularly snotty school and if snottiness was the only way to get the message across, so be it.
      • He encountered a bit of snottiness, didn't he, because of his Yorkshire accent?

Rhymes

dotty, grotty, hottie, knotty, Lanzarote, Lottie, Pavarotti, potty, Scottie, spotty, totty, yachtie, zloty
 
 

Definition of snotty in US English:

snotty

adjectiveˈsnädēˈsnɑdi
informal
  • 1Full of or covered with nasal mucus.

    a snotty nose
    Example sentencesExamples
    • While it's in there it should also learn how to wipe it's snotty nose, sleep through the night, and how to fix mama a hot dog.
    • Their snotty noses run, they put everything in their mouths, and they get secretions on their hands and contaminate whatever they touch.
    • Franklin has some new tricks up his snotty, drool drenched sleeve…
    • Then he planted a big sloppy, snotty, wet kiss on my mouth and rubbed his nose back and forth on mine.
    • Dante had a really snotty nose yesterday which was pretty gross.
    • It feels really odd to be sneezing and snotty and reaching for the Kleenex when the swallows are arcing through a cloudless sky…
    • Fever and chills, a hacking cough, snotty tissues, and discarded cups of tea are all that remain here for the moment.
    • Another snotty cold is just what I needed right now.
    • And after last night, with her crying those huge, snotty tears over Constantine, she has to be gone.
    • Of course, it could be because Franklin has a particularly snotty nose at the moment.
    • The frightful cold permeates every layer - no matter how many layers you may be wearing - and hangs off the nose in snotty icicle drips.
    • In other news, I have a box of tissues here that I bought upstairs earlier to help with my snotty nose.
    • There was a sharp pain in his back and he turned around to find a little boy with big eyes and a snotty nose.
    • I belong to a generation who had our tonsils removed for recurrent snotty noses.
    • The obvious signs and symptoms are snotty noses, ear infections, stomach aches, and headaches.
    • He was really lanky and scrawny but other than that he looked perfectly normal, other than the snotty business around his nose area.
    • Add to the mix my head, snotty and sore, and you have the makings of a pretty pathetic day for myself… and anyone else who dares to be near me.
    Synonyms
    contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, sneering, snide, scathing, disparaging, negative, unenthusiastic, offhand, perfunctory
  • 2Having or showing a superior or conceited attitude.

    a snotty letter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So we're in the kitchen doing our thing when this woman comes in and says in her snotty way, ‘Are you the caterers?’
    • I don't mean that to sound snotty, I really do believe it.
    • If I'd finished University and attained my degree, I like to imagine that I wouldn't be quite so snotty about waving it around.
    • Being a bit snotty, I then asked the teacher if we really need to respect all of our elders, because to some degree respect must be earned.
    • The attractive part of the vocal delivery is the tone, the snotty sneer with which nearly every line is delivered.
    • Her son Bobby is a snotty workaholic who is conveniently too busy to deal with anything on an emotional level.
    • I've wanted to speak at a graduation since I left my snotty high school, with its inane rule about needing good grades to address the class.
    • She went to places away from snotty cheerleaders and selfish little princesses that dominated the population of high school.
    • I know it's great fun for people to get all snotty and snide over things about which they apparently know nothing.
    • My snotty friends, laughed at me so hard and questioned me at length about how I could be seen walking around with such a loser, that I told him that I didn't want to see him anymore.
    • Go read the whole thing for the snotty tone; note here that he manages not to understand the powers of several major characters.
    • This year, I am not going to be irritated by snotty comments.
    • The narrator, as snotty teenagers tend to be, is terribly embarrassed by this until his father's cousin tells him why his father is so attached to clowning around.
    • The receptionists are still snotty cows though.
    • But here's the view from the other side, from someone who's smarter, and to my chagrin, better at snotty remarks, than me.
    • Having said which, I am just as self-conscious about this sort of thing as the next person; and just as prone to making unjustifiably snotty comments as the next person to them.
    • Liz, we've never heard of you either, but allow us to offer you some advice: If you're going to be snotty, at least make some effort at getting the facts right.
    • They're young, loud and man, are they ever snotty.
    • I was going to snort and say something snotty, but there was something pathetic about the way she said ‘too’ that made me reconsider.
    • Then she gave ma a snotty look before she flounced off.
    Synonyms
    haughty, conceited, hubristic, self-important, opinionated, egotistic, full of oneself, superior
 
 
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