snarky

English

Etymology

snark +‎ -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from 1866 snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia. Compare Low German snarken, North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka.

Adjective

snarky (comparative snarkier, superlative snarkiest)

1. (informal) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation, often humorously.

Translations

sarcastic and irreverent

• Finnish: äkäinen (fi)
• Latin: dicax (la)

• Polish: kąśliwy (pl), cięty (pl)
• Spanish: sarcástico (es), mordaz (es)

Derived terms

• snark (in noun sense of “snarky remarks”)
• snarkily