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snide
(snīd)adj. snid·er, snid·est
1. Mocking or derogatory in a malicious or ironic way: snide comments.
2. Making or given to making snide remarks: a snide roommate.
[Origin unknown.]
snide′ly adv.
snide′ness n.
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snide
(snaɪd)adj
1. Also: snidey (of a remark, etc) maliciously derogatory; supercilious
2. counterfeit; sham
n
(Jewellery) slang sham jewellery
[C19: of unknown origin]
ˈsnidely adv
ˈsnideness n
snide
(snaɪd)vb
dialect Northern English to fill or load
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snide
(snaɪd)adj. snid•er, snid•est.
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner: snide remarks.
[1860–65; orig. uncertain]
snide′ly, adv.
snide′ness, n.
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Adj. 1. snide - expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"
uncomplimentary - tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage
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snide
snideyadjective nasty, sneering, malicious, mean, cynical, unkind, hurtful, sarcastic, disparaging, spiteful, insinuating, scornful, shrewish, ill-natured He made a snide comment about her weight.
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Translations
لاذِع
jízlivý
spydig
meinlegur; fullur af dylgjum
aizmugurisksnicīgspaslepens
kırıcı küçültücü
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snide
adj → abfällig
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snide
[snaɪd] adj (fam) → maligno/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
snide
(snaid) adjective sneering or critical in a sly, not open, manner. He made a snide remark about her relationship with the boss. gemeen لاذِع злепоставящ velhaco jízlivý abfällig spydig κακοήθης, σαρκαστικός sarcástico õel, alatu كنايه آميز häijy sarcastique לַעֲגָנִי बनावटी, कृत्रिम lažan, podmukao rosszindulatú menyindir meinlegur; fullur af dylgjum sarcastico 意地の悪い 은근히 비꼬는 pajuokiantis, veidmainiškas, nenuoširdus paslepens; aizmugurisks; nicīgs mencemuh hatelijk insinuerende, spydig nieszczery, obłudny کتره velhaco sarcastic ехидный uštipačný porogljiv podao insinuant, spydig ซึ่งเหยียดหยาม küçültücü, kırıcı 暗諷的 підлий, в'їдливий طنز آمیز giả mạo, ác ý 暗讽的
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