snide

English

Etymology

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

Alternatively, possibly a metathetic corruption of Middle English snythand (“piercing (the heart), cold, biting”, literally and figuratively). More at snithe (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snaɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Adjective

snide (comparative snider, superlative snidest)

1. Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

   Don't make snide remarks to me.

   • 2010, Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network, spoken by Erica Albright (Rooney Mara):

     You write your snide bullshit from a dark room because that's what the angry do nowadays. I was nice to you, don't torture me for it.

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

   He was a snide lawyer.

   I received a shipment of snide goods.

Translations

nasty, sarcastic

• Bulgarian: подигравателен (bg) (podigravatelen)
• Catalan: sorneguer (ca)
• Dutch: sarcastisch (nl)
• French: sarcastique (fr)
• German: abfällig (de), verächtlich (de), herabsetzend (de), spöttisch (de)
• Hungarian: rosszindulatú (hu), bántó (hu), becsmérlő (hu), gúnyos (hu), gunyoros, szarkasztikus (hu)
• Icelandic: illkvittinn m, meinhæðinn m
• Italian: sarcastico (it), derisorio (it), sprezzante (it), schernevole
• Maori: whakatīkai, whakatakē
• Portuguese: sarcástico (pt)
• Russian: глумли́вый (ru) (glumlívyj), насме́шливый (ru) (nasméšlivyj), язвительный (ru) (jazvitelʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: sarkastičan (sh) m, podrugljiv (sh) m, podao (sh) m
• Spanish: socarrón (es)
• Swedish: spydig (sv), nedsättande (sv), insinuant (sv)
• Welsh: coeglyd (cy), gwawdlyd (cy)

tricky, deceptive

• Bulgarian: измамен (bg) (izmamen), фалшив (bg) (falšiv)
• Dutch: heimelijk (nl), bedrieglijk (nl)
• French: trompeur (fr)
• German: betrügerisch (de)
• Hungarian: becstelen (hu), tisztességtelen (hu), csaló (hu), hamis (hu)
• Icelandic: fyrirlítanlegur m
• Russian: обма́нчивый (ru) (obmánčivyj)

Noun

snide (countable and uncountable, plural snides)

1. (countable) An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practice; a sharper; a cheat.
2. (uncountable) Counterfeit money.

Anagrams

• Denis, Sinde, denis, dines, enids, nides, snied