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1
easily irritated or annoyed
- working all day with such snarky jerks is exhausting
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- bearish,
- bilious,
- cantankerous,
- cross-grained,
- curmudgeonly,
- disagreeable,
- dyspeptic,
- ill-humored,
- ill-natured,
- ill-tempered,
- off-color
- (or off-colored),
- ornery,
- querulous,
- snarly,
- surly
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Near Antonyms for snarky
- affable,
- companionable,
- cordial,
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- friendly,
- genial,
- gregarious,
- outgoing,
- sociable
2
marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings
- with champagne as a lubricant, she unleashed an unending series of snarky comments for the duration of the wedding reception
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The first known use of snarky was in 1906
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