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In some senses, snotty is marked as informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
snotty
adj 3noun 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
greasy, little, trying
VERB + SNOTTY
came, said, seeing
SNOTTY + NOUN
brat, child, children, eggs, friends
PREP.
about, from, with
ADV.
quite, sometimes
Definitions
adj
1
Running or dirtied with mucus.
2
Resembling or characteristic of mucus, especially in texture.
Greasy hamburgers or snotty eggs? How about some of those fine pancakes that needed a steak knife to hack through?
3
Ill-tempered or impertinent in an arrogant, conceited manner.
"None of your business," she said. She can be very snotty sometimes. She can be quite snotty. "I suppose you failed in every single subject again," she said—very snotty. It was sort of funny, too, in a way. She sounds like a goddam schoolteacher sometimes, and she's only a little child.
The people there where mostly white, and mostly poor. There wasn't much of a middle class, except for a few well-educated folk trying hard not to be snotty so their kids wouldn't get beat up at school.
noun
1
The lion's mane jellyfish, which secretes a mucus that can foul fishing nets.
2
A midshipman.
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Idioms & Phrases
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Greasy hamburgers or snotty eggs? How about some of those fine pancakes that needed a steak knife to hack through?
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"None of your business," she said. She can be very snotty sometimes. She can be quite snotty. "I suppose you failed in every single subject again," she said—very snotty. It was sort of funny, too, in
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The people there where mostly white, and mostly poor. There wasn't much of a middle class, except for a few well-educated folk trying hard not to be snotty so their kids wouldn't get beat up at school
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Tom is a snotty little brat.
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She is a snotty child.
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You don't have to be so snotty.
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