snotty

/ˈsnɑdi/

/ˈsnɒti/

When someone is arrogant or stuck-up, you might describe them as snotty. You'll get in trouble if you answer your teacher's question in a snotty voice.

If you're new at school, you may imagine there will be snotty kids who won't let you sit with them at lunch—it'll be a pleasant surprise when they turn out to be friendly and welcoming. Snotty can also mean "clogged with mucus," like a crying toddler's snotty nose. This sniffly meaning was first recorded in the 1560s, while the "snobby" one came along almost three hundred years later.

Definitions of snotty

1. adjective

   (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
   “"a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage”

   synonyms: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish

   proud

   feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
2. adjective

   dirty with nasal discharge
   “a snotty nose”

   synonyms: snot-nosed

   dirty, soiled, unclean

   soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime