snide

English

Etymology

From earlier snithe (“sharp, cutting”), from Middle English snith (“sharp”), from Middle English snithen (“to cut”), from Old English snīþan (“to cut, make an incision”), from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”). More at snithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /snaɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Adjective

snide (comparative snider, superlative snidest)

1. Sharp.
2. Characterised by low cunning and sharp practise.
3. Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

   Don't make snide remarks to me.

4. Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.

   He was a snide lawyer.

   I received a shipment of snide goods.

Translations

nasty, sarcastic

• Dutch: sarkatisch (nl)
• Icelandic: illkvittinn (is) m, meinhæðinn (is) m
• Italian: sarcastico (it)

• Portuguese: sarcástico(a) (pt) m and f
• Russian: глумливый (ru) (glumlívyj), насмешливый (ru) (nasméšlivyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: sarkastičan (sh) m, podrugljiv (sh) m, podao (sh) m

tricky, deceptive

• Dutch: heimelijk (nl), bedrieglijk (nl)
• Icelandic: fyrirlítanlegur (is) m

• Russian: обманчивый (ru) (obmánčivyj)

Noun

snide (plural snides)

1. An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat.

Anagrams

• denis, Denis
• dines
• nides