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snide
[ snahyd ]
adjective
- derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
snide remarks about his boss.
snide
1/ snaɪd /
adjective
- Alsosnideyˈsnaɪdɪ (of a remark, etc) maliciously derogatory; supercilious
- counterfeit; sham
noun
- slang.sham jewellery
snide
2/ snaɪd /
verb
- dialect.to fill or load
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Derived Forms
- ˈsnidely, adverb
- ˈsnideness, noun
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Other Words From
- snidely adverb
- snideness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snide1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snide1
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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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