as in snob
a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior
that patronizing little snot at the vintage record store openly smirks when someone asks for something from the Top 40
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Recent Examples of snot
Sea snot has invaded the Aegean and killed off dozens of species in the Marmara.
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Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Yes, the Niners got the absolute snot kicked out of them Saturday.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
The Dolphins got the snot kicked out of them in the second half — AGAIN — because that’s what this 2025 team does, no matter who is under center since Miami’s been outscored 113-27 in the third quarter.
—Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
Billy Bob said his father knocked the snot out of him routinely.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
When the book got big on TikTok in 2020, that was one of the types of videos that people made over and over — snot coming out of their noses, mascara running down their faces, heaving sobs.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Thompson’s Hedda is a clever, status-conscious snot raised to believe that her sole purpose is to be a rich man’s wife.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Yes, the Niners got the absolute snot kicked out of them Saturday.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
The Dolphins got the snot kicked out of them in the second half — AGAIN — because that’s what this 2025 team does, no matter who is under center since Miami’s been outscored 113-27 in the third quarter.
—Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
Billy Bob said his father knocked the snot out of him routinely.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
When the book got big on TikTok in 2020, that was one of the types of videos that people made over and over — snot coming out of their noses, mascara running down their faces, heaving sobs.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Thompson’s Hedda is a clever, status-conscious snot raised to believe that her sole purpose is to be a rich man’s wife.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snot
snob
Noun
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Terroir doesn’t just belong to wine snobs, because apparently Ethiopia owns it.—
John Noakes,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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O’Hara relished playing deluded snobs like this wealthy Manhattanite with artistic ambitions from director Tim Burton’s horror comedy about two dead owners of a country house who want to drive out its new buyers.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Snot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snot. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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