snooty

Meaning

Adj

1. (informal) Haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
2. (broadly, informal) Of an event, a thing, etc.: elite, exclusive.
3. (broadly, informal, uncommon) Easily angered or irritated; irritable, short-tempered.

Noun

Synonym of snoot (“an elitist or snobbish person”).

Opposite of

arrogant, immodest

Synonyms

snobbish

snotty

stuck-up

contemptuous

cocky

supercilious

uppish

scornful

arrogant

persnickety

conceited

condescending

snot-nosed

too big for one’s breeches

bigheaded

haughty

snob

stand-offish

stuck up

stuffy

uppity

big-headed

self conceited

self important

ladida

snotty nosed

assuming

assumptive

bumptious

egotistic

high-handed

hoity toity

hoity-toity

irritable

opinionated

overweening

pompous

presumptuous

priggish

short-tempered

smug

Translations

hochnäsig

arrogant

altezzoso

fachendoso

ακατάδεκτος

arrogante

patzig

έξυπνος

xulo

🆒

wegwerfend

elitär

υπεροπτικός

φαντασμένος

ψηλομύτης

überlegen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsnuː.ti/

Etymology

The adjective is derived from snoot (“(UK, dialectal, and slang) snout; nose”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’), probably referring to a snobbish person often having their nose in the air (that is, acting disdainfully towards others). Snoot is a dialectal variant of snout.
The noun is derived from the adjective.