snooty

snooty

Haughtily condescending, dismissive, or snobbish. I can't believe that snooty waiter scoffed at you for ordering red wine with fish. A: "Do you want to come to the gala with me?" B: "And spend the evening pretending to fit in with snooty socialites? No thanks."

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snooty

mod. haughty; conceited. (As if looking down one’s nose = snoot, at someone. Alludes also to having one’s nose in the air meaning haughtiness.) Tiffany can be snooty if she wants to, and she usually wants to.

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