SNOOTY

bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish

(adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; “a snotty little scion of a degenerate family”-Laurent Le Sage; “they’re snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

snooty (comparative snootier, superlative snootiest)

(informal) pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose

(informal) elite; exclusive

Synonyms

• See also arrogant

Anagrams

• toyons

Source: Wiktionary



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