snottier; snottiest
1
: soiled with nasal mucus
a snotty nose
2
: annoyingly or spitefully unpleasant
especially
: snooty
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Examples of snotty in a Sentence
a snotty contempt for those brash parvenus who moved into the cookie-cutter mansion next door
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By design, the reactions his hulking, initially gentle presence inspires from Tehran bureaucratic authorities, elite fail-sons, and snotty business owners speak volumes more than any of his actual dialogue.
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
Watch out Mucinex Man, when season 12 of The Masked Singer starts in September, one of the new costumes might just give you a run for your snotty money.
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Addicted to drugs and swearing like a sailor, McCarthy’s character really gets into the film’s deadpan send-up of cop dramas, nicely embodying Happytime Murders’ air of snotty irreverence.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 May 2024
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
Watch out Mucinex Man, when season 12 of The Masked Singer starts in September, one of the new costumes might just give you a run for your snotty money.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 July 2024
Related Articles Ask Amy: Co-worker has a heavy box, and my questions about it are heavier
Miss Manners: The rich parents were quite snotty in asking me for money
Dear Abby: Is a group text the way to deliver my bad news?
—Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
Addicted to drugs and swearing like a sailor, McCarthy’s character really gets into the film’s deadpan send-up of cop dramas, nicely embodying Happytime Murders’ air of snotty irreverence.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 May 2024
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snotty
adjective
snot·ty
ˈsnät-ē 
snottier; snottiest
1
: soiled with nasal mucus
a snotty nose
2
: annoyingly or spitefully unpleasant
a snotty reply
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