Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Mocking or derogatory in a malicious or ironic way.
- adjective Making or given to making snide remarks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spurious object; a humbug; a fake; something designed to cheat.
- Sharp; characterized by low cunning and sharp practice; tricky; also, false; spurious.
- noun An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practice; a sharper: a beat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Slang, archaic Tricky; deceptive; contemptible
- adjective derogatory in an insinuating manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Sharp . - adjective Characterised by low
cunning and sharppractise . - adjective Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
- adjective
Tricky ;deceptive ;false ;spurious ;contemptible . - noun An
underhanded , tricky person given to sharp practise; asharper ; abeat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective expressive of contempt
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Or, to be more snide, is that a Hutu or Tutsi village?
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Your comments are so steeped in snide irony that you’re not really saying anything.
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This certainly has the MO of Labor party, namely a snide attempt to discredit the subject.
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Though I've been inactive lately, I've been a member of this forum for enough time to know how to deal with "snide" folks like you.
Morelia and more!! 2009
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Though I've been inactive lately, I've been a member of this forum for enough time to know how to deal with "snide" folks like you.
Morelia and more!! 2009
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Though I've been inactive lately, I've been a member of this forum for enough time to know how to deal with "snide" folks like you.
Morelia and more!! 2009
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Though I've been inactive lately, I've been a member of this forum for enough time to know how to deal with "snide" folks like you.
Morelia and more!! 2009
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Though I've been inactive lately, I've been a member of this forum for enough time to know how to deal with "snide" folks like you.
Morelia and more!! 2009
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Though I've been inactive lately, I've been a member of this forum for enough time to know how to deal with "snide" folks like you.
Morelia and more!! 2009
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Though I've been inactive lately, I've been a member of this forum for enough time to know how to deal with "snide" folks like you.
Morelia and more!! 2009
bilby commented on the word snide
British slang - counterfeit.
October 4, 2008
dharma66 commented on the word snide
could this also mean cutting; sarcastic? as in "she answered with yet another snide remark"
October 18, 2008
asativum commented on the word snide
No. Words can have but one meaning.
October 18, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word snide
*gigglesnort*
October 19, 2008