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snootiness
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈsnuː.ti.nəs/ us /ˈsnuː.t̬i.nəs/
unfriendly behaviour towards other people because you think that you are better than them: 高傲自大，目中无人
She has annoyed the press with her snootiness.她的傲慢惹恼了媒体。
The employees there all have an air of snootiness.那里的员工都有一种傲慢的神情。
He was not above eccentricity himself, or indeed the snootiness that can come with moving in elevated circles.
She does not disguise her contempt for anything that smacks of snootiness or elitism.
Despite being one of the city's finest hotels, there is no snootiness about the place.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing arrogance and conceit
(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizing
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom
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