Get to know Snide better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like supercilious or sneering.
Snide meaning
- Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
- Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.
Synonyms of Snide
Using Snide
- The main meaning on this page is: Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way. | Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.
- Useful related words include: supercilious, sneering, uncomplimentary.
- In the example corpus, snide often appears in combinations such as: snide comments, snide remarks, made snide.
Context around Snide
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snide
- In this selection, "snide" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, exchange, bit, making, comments, remarks and comment stand out and add context to how "snide" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit snide about a and all the snide comments in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snide" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snide
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All the snide comments in the press! (7 words)
Please, Democrats, resist the snide attacks and nasty sound bites. (10 words)
These remarks were never meant to be snide or rude. (10 words)
The Netflix revival of “MST3K,” like the original, is set on the Satellite of Love where the host (Jonah Ray) is held captive and is forced to watch an unending stream of bad B movies peppered with snide comments from his robot compadres. (43 words)
But when the 82-year-old hit the impatient young woman with her handbag, branding her 'rude' for her snide remarks, Richman lashed out in response, using both hands to violently shove her to the floor. (36 words)
Despite publicly making snide remarks about his brother over the past 15 years — including as recently as February 2024 — Liam seems to have always believed that Noel wanted to come back to the band. (34 words)
All the snide comments in the press! (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
His delivery perfectly matches Walt's frequent sarcasm and snide comments, especially when arguing with his siblings.
The two continued to exchange snide remarks, with Zuckerberg now calling the whole fight off due to Musk’s inability to commit to a day and time for the fictitious competition.
You know, it is OK to be a bit snide about a Democratic caucus.
But when the 82-year-old hit the impatient young woman with her handbag, branding her 'rude' for her snide remarks, Richman lashed out in response, using both hands to violently shove her to the floor.
Despite publicly making snide remarks about his brother over the past 15 years — including as recently as February 2024 — Liam seems to have always believed that Noel wanted to come back to the band.
Smile sweetly, nod politely, and let her know you're not bothered by her snide remarks.
The camera then cut to Hamish, 41, in the audience, who had a shocked expression on his face after hearing Sonia's snide remark.
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody star appeared to accuse Leto of attempting to hookup with a slew of youthful and good looking girls in a snide Twitter post.
As the nation reeled, the president made snide jokes about withholding aid from (Democratic) governors he deemed insufficiently “grateful” to his administration.
The move could have been met with snide comments, but instead saw the baked good immediately sell out across every branch, contributing to Greggs’s sales surpassing £1 billion in 2019.
All the snide comments in the press!
It’s by turns snide and uplifting, and often very funny too.
Please, Democrats, resist the snide attacks and nasty sound bites.
The Netflix revival of “MST3K,” like the original, is set on the Satellite of Love where the host (Jonah Ray) is held captive and is forced to watch an unending stream of bad B movies peppered with snide comments from his robot compadres.
Then, he made a snide comment about her having another baby with another man, so she took the phone call outside and started screaming at him.
There were some people, who had tried to drive a wedge between President Buhari and the renowned virologist, through snide comments.
These remarks were never meant to be snide or rude.
But there’s nothing like a snide comment from the seamstress or a bridal shop employee asking me how much weight I plan on gaining before the wedding to shake up all my insecurities.
Israel’s letters are from writers and entertainers from the first half of the 20th century, gossipy and snide of the sort more likely to thrill a dealer than a casual reader.
It can be hard, even impossible-feeling to put yourself in such a vulnerable position without having snide remarks at the ready, in case you have a viewpoint challenged.
Common combinations with snide
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: