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snooty

[snoo-tee] / ˈsnu ti /


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Your first exposure to the person you would become was at a snooty British school while rowing crew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

California had its own north/south rivalry, and Otis resented Northern Californians’ snooty perception of the “cow counties” south of the Tehachapi Mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025

Robert Sietsma, at Eater, wrote in April 2023 that the Noortwyck is a "handsome but casual restaurant" that "may sound snooty; it's anything but."

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2024

The Oscars will never be the place for snooty cinephiles like myself to exercise our theories and pet squabbles.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

If folks saw her perched high and mighty beside him in the back seat of a shiny motorcar, they’d call her snooty, or grave-snatcher.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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