snide

adjective \ ˈsnīd \

Updated on: 2 Apr 2018

Definition of snide

1 a : false, counterfeit

b : practicing deception : dishonest

a snide merchant

2 : unworthy of esteem : low

a snide trick

3 : slyly disparaging : insinuating

snide remarks

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snidely

adverb

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snideness

noun

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Examples of snide in a Sentence

a snide trick to get the old woman to sell her antiques for practically nothing
some small-time crook who was selling snide gems to gullible tourists

Recent Examples of snide from the Web

Aside from an image of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. being turned away from the pearly gates by God and his police-uniformed bodyguards, Colescott’s drawings are neither snide nor biting.

— david pagel, latimes.com, "In Robert Colescott’s works at Blum & Poe, nothing is black and white," 25 Mar. 2018
Or the snide devil on her shoulder that looks exactly like her.

— linda robertson, miamiherald, "Serena Williams returns to Miami Open while finding joy, motivation in motherhood | Miami Herald," 20 Mar. 2018
Ingraham said, a snide reference to Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy’s calls to finally rein in America’s gun problem.

— anne branigin, The Root, "Fox News Response to School Shooting Is to Praise the AR-15," 15 Feb. 2018
Caesar was wary of the Ides of March; Trump is wary of snide remarks.

— brenna williams, CNN, "#TBT: Trump is right to be concerned with loyalty. Just ask Caesar.," 15 Mar. 2018
In fact, in my first decade as a writer, nobody was ever snide or insulting to me about my writing—a fact that’s surely unimaginable to young writers today.

— mark oppenheimer, The New Republic, "The Death of Civility in the Digital Age," 6 Mar. 2018
Other storytellers embellish with snide commentary or ironic tone.

— daniel fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, "'This Close' and 'The Mortified Guide': TV Review | Sundance 2018," 24 Jan. 2018
And then there’s the occasional snide remark from passers-by who see them as a symbol of the city’s new tech elite.

— elliot njus | the oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, "Hoverboard inventor Shane Chen takes another crack at transportation's 'last mile' problem," 20 Jan. 2018
The unseen voyeur texts snide commentary on the woman’s routine.

— glenn kenny, New York Times, "Review: In ‘Happy End,’ Another Unhappy Family From Michael Haneke," 21 Dec. 2017

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