snooty

English

From snoot +‎ -y.

snooty (comparative snootier, superlative snootiest)

(informal) Pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
Sir Sydney was an arrogant, snooty, bigoted prig, so it was with some satisfaction that I wrote out his parking ticket.
- 2018, Tim Graham, NewsBusters‎:
  He left out Town & Country, the magazine for snooty East Coast liberals.
- 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 43:
  ever since she landed the National gig sheʼs got very snooty about struggling theatre mates, as if she alone has discovered the secret to being successful
(informal) Elite; exclusive.
Her parties were snooty affairs; custom-designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were de rigueur.

pompous

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