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as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
working all day with such snarky jerks is exhausting
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as in sarcastic
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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Recent Examples of snarky
Bake some sweet treats, enjoy some snarky sci-fi animation, and watch a dark comedy about a murderous obituary writer this week.
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PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Appendage director Anna Zlokovic’s own witch project is a decidedly less subtle affair, pitting a couple of snarky teenagers against a perversely maternal urban legend and her infantilized victims.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Never has a snarky, clumsily worded and insensitive-sounding aside caused so much trouble.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
That show ended up drawing headlines due Santana’s snarky comment about the crowd’s lack of energy and enthusiasm.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Appendage director Anna Zlokovic’s own witch project is a decidedly less subtle affair, pitting a couple of snarky teenagers against a perversely maternal urban legend and her infantilized victims.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Never has a snarky, clumsily worded and insensitive-sounding aside caused so much trouble.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
That show ended up drawing headlines due Santana’s snarky comment about the crowd’s lack of energy and enthusiasm.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snarky
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Most cases clear up on their own without complications, but parents should contact a doctor if a child cannot keep fluids down, has a high fever lasting more than a few days or seems unusually drowsy or irritable.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Also known as irritable hip, the condition is due to inflammation of the hip joint lining.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Marriage Story star first appeared as a child in an uncredited role in the Scorsese film — Ladd's first taste of major acclaim as the sarcastic waitress Flo.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Nov. 2025
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The kicking game was so bad that Freeman sounded like Brian Kelly at his sarcastic best when asked about Noah Burnette, Erik Schmidt and Marcello Diomede combining to miss two extra points and one field goal.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Search for answers continues following UPS plane crash As the community in Louisville, Kentucky, mourns those killed in a fiery United Parcel Service cargo plane crash, authorities warned that answers for family members may still be a way off.—
Jane Onyanga-Omara,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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But while Christy flaunts a fiery persona in the ring, her toughest battles unfold outside it, confronting family, identity, and a relationship that becomes life-or-death.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Since that inaugural episode in late July, a steady stream of blistering satirical installments has not let up on the POTUS and key White House officials, from VP JD Vance to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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Where Tom is the satirical end point of corporate America’s moral rot, Guiteau is like his spiritual predecessor, a 19th-century American striver so intoxicated by the promise of self-making that rejection feels like cosmic betrayal.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Snarky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snarky. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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