snide

English

Etymology

Probably from a dialectal variant of snithe (“sharp, cutting”)^[1]. More at snithe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /snaɪd/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪd

Adjective

snide (comparative snider, superlative snidest)

Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
Don't make snide remarks to me.
Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.
He was a snide lawyer.

I received a shipment of snide goods.

Translations

nasty, sarcastic

Catalan: sorneguer
Dutch: sarcastisch (nl)
French: sarcastique (fr)
German: abfällig (de), verächtlich (de), herabsetzend (de), spöttisch (de)
Icelandic: illkvittinn m, meinhæðinn m
Italian: sarcastico (it)

Maori: whakatīkai
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)

tricky, deceptive

Dutch: heimelijk (nl), bedrieglijk (nl)
French: trompeur (fr)

Icelandic: fyrirlítanlegur m
Russian: обма́нчивый (ru) (obmánčivyj)

References

↑ Whitney, The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, snide

Noun

snide (countable and uncountable, plural snides)

(countable) An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a cheat.
(uncountable) counterfeit money

Anagrams

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

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