Meanings
comparative more snot-nosed · superlative most snot-nosed · alternative snotnosed · alternative snotty-nosed · alternative snotnose · alternative snot-nose
- derogatoryidiomaticslangYoung and arrogant or conceited.
“When a snot-nosed little guy from Westbrook calls me a racist, now I’d like him to come up here because, tell you right now, I wish it were 1825,” LePage said, according to the Press Herald.
2016 August 26, Tal Kopan and Theodore Schleifer, “Target of explicit LePage voicemail denies calling him a racist”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From snot + nosed; evoking a certain stereotype of conceited youth as suffering upper respiratory ailments that result in mucus-filled noses and nasal voices.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch snotneus
- snotneusyoung and arrogant
Finnish räkänokkainen
- räkänokkainenyoung and arrogant
French morveux
- morveuxyoung and arrogant
Polish smarkacz
- smarkaczyoung and arrogant
Russian сопля́к
- сопля́к (soplják)young and arrogant
Ukrainian шмаркач
- шмаркач (šmarkač)young and arrogant
Cite this entry
snot-nosed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snot-nosed
“snot-nosed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snot-nosed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snot-nosed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snot-nosed.
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