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snide

[snahyd]

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adjective, snid·er, snid·est.

derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner: snide remarks about his boss.

Origin:
1860–65; origin uncertain

Related forms

snide·ly, adverb

snide·ness, noun

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But these snide reports are hypocritical, considering sports journalism is part of the business of sports too.

To dismiss a paper of this technical merit in one sentence, as you did, is to me more snide than any of my remarks.

It's feels better to be snide and superior when your side is losing badly.

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But these snide reports are hypocritical, considering sports journalism is part of the business of sports too.

To dismiss a paper of this technical merit in one sentence, as you did, is to me more snide than any of my remarks.

It's feels better to be snide and superior when your side is losing badly.

There's not much evidence of a coherent message in your post, other than being sarcastic and snide.

The snide remarks about our postal service are uncalled for.

Mayle's snide tone keeps us from getting close to any of them.

In spite of your snide comment, it is not unreasonable to speculate about someone's actions when they are outside of the norm.

As ever, his rambunctious plot is largely a vehicle for snappy dialogue, snide parody and wicked one-liners.

The person that made the snide comment about you needs an enema.

He suggests going at the pace of whomever is slowest and making no snide comments.

The snide tone in which the article was written is distracting and unnecessary.

Any comments, revolutionary ideas, snide remarks or any thing that could generate some lulz would be greatly appreciated.

Her rationalism is delivered in an angry barrage peppered with enthusiastically snide asides.

It was meant as snide remark rather than constructive criticism.

The flowery adjectives, snide references and angry tone make much of this discussion not helpful.

The snotty and snide remarks of their detractors are the products of ignorance and hostility.

Stay-at-home fathers face strange looks from moms and nannies, snide remarks from former colleagues, and elusive play dates.

Which means lots of time for our own snide little comments.

Needless to say, the pop singer whose name the character shares is the butt of much snide humor.

Most of the people here making snide comments clearly have not had to deal with job loss during a recession.

Rather than making a snide and personal suggestion, perhaps drewkam might think why one would defend the status quo.

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World English Dictionary

snide¹ (snaɪd)

—*adj*
1.	Also: snidey (of a remark, etc) maliciously derogatory; supercilious
2.	counterfeit; sham

—n
3.	slang sham jewellery

[C19: of unknown origin]

'snidely¹

—*adv*

'snideness¹

—n

snide² (snaɪd)

—vb (and foll by with)
	dialect (Northern English) to fill or load

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Word Origin & History

snide

1859, thieves' slang "counterfeit, sham," of unknown origin. Of persons, "cunning, sharp," from 1883. Sense of "sneering" is first attested 1933.

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