Snooted

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. Having or showing a disdainful or haughty attitude, often characterized by arrogance or condescension towards others
2. exhibiting a snooty or snobbish demeanor that conveys superiority
3. displaying a lack of respect or dismissiveness toward those perceived as inferior

Etymology: "Snooted" is the past tense of "snoot," a verb meaning to look down on someone or treat them with disdain, as in someone who "snoots" at their neighbours. The verb grew from a much more physical image: "snoot" is an old Scots word for the snout of an animal, and the human nose or face was a playful extension of that. To snoot at someone is, in effect, to turn the nose up at them. The root travels a long way. Scots "snoot" came from Middle English "snowte," which was borrowed from Middle Dutch "snute." Behind that lies a Germanic word, reconstructed as "snūtaz," with the same origin as the English "snout." The English word "snout" and the verb "snoot" are therefore doublets, two forms of one ancestral word that reached English by different routes, one through the standard language and one through Scots.

Synonyms: snubbed, ignored, disdained, scorned, rebuffed

Antonyms: welcomed, accepted, embraced, noticed