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snide
[ snahyd ]
adjective
- derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
snide remarks about his boss.
snide
1/ snaɪd /
verb
- dialect.to fill or load
snide
2/ snaɪd /
adjective
- Alsosnideyˈsnaɪdɪ (of a remark, etc) maliciously derogatory; supercilious
- counterfeit; sham
noun
- slang.sham jewellery
Derived Forms
- ˈsnidely, adverb
- ˈsnideness, noun
Other Words From
- snidely adverb
- snideness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of snide1
Word History and Origins
Origin of snide1
Example Sentences
Raiders Coach Jon Gruden didn’t particularly want to discuss the topic, suggesting the maneuver might have been aimed at “a smart-aleck bus driver in Kansas City who made some snide comments when we got on the bus” and calling the issue “ridiculous.”
They can also be a bit snide, as distinct from being funny, about which talent more later.
In the following issue, The Group was the subject of a snide, imperious review by Norman Mailer.
She welcomed Jews into her cabinet, prompting the snide joke that she favored "Old Estonians over Old Etonians."
Again, I am not being snide but am actually looking for an answer.
For all the snide comments from the right, the word is getting passed on.
I guess I ain't told you much you don't know about your snide business.
You played a snide trick on me, anyway—lost your looks the second month and went dead like a punctured tire!
If I carn't keep upsides with the cackle of snide 'uns, dear Charlie, who can?
I am going away because I haven't any money, and I'm not going to be a snide and stay on here as your guest.
There are snide detectives just as there are shyster lawyers, quack doctors and dead-beat newspaper men.
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