snootier
Acting more superior
Snootier is the comparative form of snooty—more condescending or disdainful toward those considered inferior.
Someone acting snootier than usual is displaying increased haughtiness: The more successful she became, the snootier she got with old friends.
Each restaurant we tried was snootier than the last.
More disdainfully proud
- smuggerIncreasingly self-satisfied
- cockierMore smugly self-assured
- prouderHaving increased self-esteem
- vainerMore self-admiring
self-important · pompous · egotistical · imperious · overbearing · presumptuous · uppity · swaggering
Treating someone as inferior
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- deprecatingExpressing disapproval or belittlement
demeaning · holier-than-thou · sneering · superior · scornful · derisive · contemptuous · snide
Showing open contempt
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- derisiveExpressing contemptuous ridicule
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- scoffingMocking with contempt
dismissive · spurning · judgmental · disapproving · disgusted · unimpressed · eye-rolling · fussy
Limited to one group
- discriminatingShowing careful judgment
- selectiveChoosing with care
- highbrowIntellectually or artistically sophisticated
- refinedPurified or cultured
cultured · sophisticated · patrician · aristocratic · blue-blooded · upper-crust · posh · rarefied
Artificially contrived behavior
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- highfalutinAffectedly superior or fancy
overblown · posturing · artificial · put-on · airs · fancy · theatrical · exaggerated
haughtier
More disdainfully proud
- smuggerIncreasingly self-satisfied
- cockierMore smugly self-assured
- prouderHaving increased self-esteem
vainer · self-important · pompous · egotistical · imperious · overbearing · presumptuous · uppity · swaggering · high-handed
patronizing
Treating someone as inferior
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
deprecating · demeaning · holier-than-thou · sneering · superior · scornful · derisive · contemptuous · snide · mocking
scornful
Showing open contempt
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- derisiveExpressing contemptuous ridicule
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
scoffing · dismissive · spurning · judgmental · disapproving · disgusted · unimpressed · eye-rolling · fussy · particular
exclusive
Limited to one group
- discriminatingShowing careful judgment
- selectiveChoosing with care
- highbrowIntellectually or artistically sophisticated
refined · cultured · sophisticated · patrician · aristocratic · blue-blooded · upper-crust · posh · rarefied · clubby
affected
Artificially contrived behavior
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
highfalutin · overblown · posturing · artificial · put-on · airs · fancy · theatrical · exaggerated · flamboyant