SNIDE

supercilious, sneering, snide

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

snide (comparative snider, superlative snidest)

Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.

Noun

snide (countable and uncountable, plural snides)

(countable) An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a cheat.

(uncountable) counterfeit money

Anagrams

• Denis, Sinde, denis, dines, enids, nides, snied

Source: Wiktionary


Snide, a.

Definition: Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods. [Slang]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

coffee icon