snooty

adj

1. (informal)Haughty, 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.”

   “I didn't like the way you looked at May Arnold, or the snooty way you talked.”

   “ever since she landed the National gig she's got very snooty about struggling theatre mates, as if she alone has discovered the secret to being successful”

2. (broadly, informal)Of an event, a thing, etc.: elite, exclusive.

   “Her parties were snooty affairs; custom-designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were de rigueur.”

   “The Mercury for 1959 firmly establishes itself as Ford Motor's flashy centerpiece in the middle-price field. […] It's snootier than the Edsel—and snootier than it was, itself, in 1958.”

   “I grew up a privileged princess in Nob Hill, the snootiest neighborhood in San Francisco. My father's family had so much money they didn't know what to do with it.”

3. (broadly, informal, uncommon)Easily angered or irritated; irritable, short-tempered.

noun

1. (informal, uncommon)Synonym of snoot (“an elitist or snobbish person”).

   “Well there was always cliques as far as that goes. You had your snooties and dooties, and people that were down to earth, and it's mixed.”

   “Because you never hung around with the city snooties like I did, scooping up the council gossip.”

   “I don't care a whole lot for the snooty people. […] Yup, the snooties are a pain in the—uh—rear end—but at least you know where they're coming from. The phonies are the actors. They play whatever role meets their own selfish needs.”

name

1. A surname.