Meaning

2 senses
  1. Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

    Don't make snide remarks to me.

    abfällig, verächtlich, herabsetzend

    глумли́выйglumlívyj, насме́шливыйnasméšlivyj, язвительныйjazvitelʹnyj

  2. Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.

    betrügerisch

    обма́нчивыйobmánčivyj

More definitions
  • expressive of contempt

Examples

19 sentences
  1. There's no need to be snide about it.

    Немає жодної потреби бути в'їдливим щодо цього. — deniko

  2. Tom made a snide remark about how Mary was dressed.

    Том зробив зневажливе зауваження щодо того, як Мері одягнена. — deniko

  3. I'm tired of your snide remarks.

    ruЯ устал от твоих ехидных замечаний. — dreamer

  4. There's no need to be snide.

    ruНезачем ехидничать. — Wezel

  5. Tom's constant snide comments annoy me.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
nasty, sarcastic:
tricky, deceptive:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
nasty, sarcastic:
tricky, deceptive:

Origin

Probably from a dialectal variant of snithe (“sharp, cutting, cold”). See snithe (adjectiv

Probably from a dialectal variant of snithe (“sharp, cutting, cold”). See snithe (adjective).

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Forms

snider, snidest
Comparativesnider Lesson
Superlativesnidest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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