Supercilious vs Snooty - What's the difference?
supercilious | snooty |
Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
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pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose
elite; exclusive
As adjectives the difference between supercilious and snooty
is that supercilious is arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty while snooty is pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.supercilious
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(en adjective)British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Buffeted by criticism of his policy on Europe, battered by rebellion in the ranks over his bill to legalize same-sex marriage and wounded by the perception that he is supercilious , contemptuous and out of touch with mainstream Conservatism, Mr. Cameron earlier this week took the highly unusual step of sending a mass e-mail (or, as he called it, “a personal note”) to his party’s grass-roots members.
- Now he was a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* superciliously * superciliousnesssnooty
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(er)- Sir Sydney was an arrogant, snooty , bigoted prig, so it was with some satisfaction that I wrote out his parking ticket.
- Sissi was a very snooty and spoiled girl with clear social problems.
- Her parties were snooty affairs; custom designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were ''de rigueur''.