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
When not sparring with the resolute Tell, Gessler is oft accompanied by snooty henchmen and a rebellious princess (Emily Beecham), giving him plenty of outlets to flex his wickedness.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
The city is not as snooty and pretentious as San Francisco.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
But Steve plays a ‘man of the people’ author who goes to a snooty New England college where his daughter teaches.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
The romance plot continues to bleed into Miss Night and Day’s finale even as the series gives over fully to its grim thriller as, after a bunch of red herrings, the murderer is finally revealed to be the snooty, though seemingly harmless, intern Na Ok-hui (Bae Hae-sun) aka Gong Eum-sim.
—Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
The city is not as snooty and pretentious as San Francisco.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
But Steve plays a ‘man of the people’ author who goes to a snooty New England college where his daughter teaches.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
The romance plot continues to bleed into Miss Night and Day’s finale even as the series gives over fully to its grim thriller as, after a bunch of red herrings, the murderer is finally revealed to be the snooty, though seemingly harmless, intern Na Ok-hui (Bae Hae-sun) aka Gong Eum-sim.
—Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snooty
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Follow your gallery tour with a visit to another villa that once belonged to an aristocratic family—Villa Medici.Anna Haines, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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After her Emmy win for Succession, Snook took home an Olivier for playing all 26 roles in this new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s witty, haunting novel of vanity, aristocratic cruelty, and greed.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Teamsters officials later complained that Harris, who would go on to lose all seven battleground states, was arrogant in her dealings with them.W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
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Russia, Iran, and many other countries criticize U.S. military interventions as arrogant, ignorant of local context, and unable to fashion either stable regimes or effective security structures.Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
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Comedians themselves are considered sort of high up in society, but not in a snobbish way.Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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The idea that classical music is isolated and its love excludes the love for other genres is a snobbish approach and has nothing to do with understanding the phenomenon of music.Mari Bolkvadze, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
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When his final season is ridiculed by the snobby Theater Critics Guild, Lionheart throws himself into the Thames.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
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The directors branch is notoriously snobby, which will be a tough row to hoe for Wicked’s Jon M. Chu, who got his start directing films in the Step Up and G.I. Joe franchises.Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Snooty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snooty. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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