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Recent Examples of snotty 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 In the early 1990s, Jim White was a drumming journeyman, having pounded out rhythms in a string of loud and rabid bands with snotty names, like Feral Dinosaurs or Venom P. Stinger. Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024 The mucus plug looks like bigger chunks of gelatinous, thick, and yellowish-white liquid with a snotty consistency. Nicole Harris, Parents, 14 Mar. 2024 My, how the snotty, rich, entitled, know-it-all kid has fallen. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for snotty 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snotty
Adjective
  • Their attire and posture radiated an iconic, aristocratic style, exemplified by Vance's wife, who stood elegantly in her rose-pitch dress coat.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Despite the name, Palace hotels aren’t always centuries-old aristocratic mansions, and many feel thoroughly modern.
    Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Inside Llewyn Davis star plays Victor Frankenstein, the arrogant scientist who successfully creates life out of an assemblage of deceased body parts.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • An arrogant advertiser at the peak of success is forced to promote a tycoon as a presidential candidate, while a mysterious stalker threatens to destroy his agency and his reputation.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • With a few snooty glances and snide rejoinders, Todd and Margo Chester — the Griswalds’ ultra-hip Chicago neighbors — epitomize the sort of detachment that’s too chilly for the holidays, too cold for friendship.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
  • After a snooty bank manager (Matt Oberg) rejects his application for a small business loan, Vince is disappointed but not surprised.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The notoriously snobbish set refused to dress her and Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour denied her a cover even though the magazine has given every other first lady, as well as former Vice President Kamala Harris, a glitzy one.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Comedians themselves are considered sort of high up in society, but not in a snobbish way.
    Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Dakota Fanning’s character, the snobby Abby Winbury, knows the importance of a robe.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2024
  • 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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“Snotty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snotty. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.

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