SNOOTY Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

snooty

adjective

ˈsnü-tē

Definition of snooty

as in aristocratic

being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior the actress plays a genteel yet faintly snooty older woman

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Recent Examples of snooty Pierce’s brother Wendell (Monte Easter), an up-and-coming lawyer, is busy planning a wedding to a snooty upper-middle-class black woman named Sonia (Gaye Shannon-Burnett, who co-produced the film). — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026 Ormund, the snooty, temperamental head of House Hightower, is shown charred beyond recognition in the episode's final moments. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 While the early years saw one of TV’s best on-and-off romances between man-of-the-people Sam and snooty-pants (but sweet and sincere) Diane, played by the miraculous Shelley Long, the show didn’t miss a step when Diane split and Sam sold the bar to Kirstie Alley’s girlboss Rebecca. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026 Particularly his wife, who’s in the running to join a snooty women’s club. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for snooty

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Taylor, who reportedly bought his aristocratic title on the internet, was jailed for three years for selling a fake painting by the British artist Lowry through auction house Bonhams.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026
Similarly, after the traumas of the Civil War and Reconstruction, some Southern writers emphasized aberrant behavior to undercut the aristocratic whitewash of gentility and custom.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of aristocratic

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Steve Buscemi as Harry’s regular fence; Tatiana Maslany as his estranged daughter; and Will Price as the arrogant, heat-packing scion of a Manhattan crime family also star.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
Ever-sensible Elinor, who never asks for much, has already met, and fallen for, Edward Ferrars (George MacKay), Fanny’s brother, as kind and modest as Fanny is arrogant.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrogant

Adjective

The stranger’s curse seems intended to inflict pain not only on the snobbish Anna, who cringes at the slob her son has become, but her pushy husband Walter (Adriano Giannini).

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2026
America’s cheap conveniences can (and often do) spark snobbish criticism about junk food and car culture, but visitors are going viral for enthusiastically embracing the American way.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of snobbish

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