snide

English

Etymology

Probably from a dialectal variant of snithe (“sharp, cutting”). More at snithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snaɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Adjective

snide (comparative snider, superlative snidest)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Sharp.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) 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: sarcastisch
• Icelandic: illkvittinn m, meinhæðinn m
• Italian: sarcastico (it)
• Portuguese: sarcástico(a) m, f

• Russian: глумливый (ru) (glumlívyj), насмешливый (ru) (nasméšlivyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: sarkastičan m, podrugljiv m, podao m
• Swedish: spydig (sv), nedsättande (sv), insinuant (sv)

tricky, deceptive

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