1
a
: false, counterfeit
b
: practicing deception : dishonest
a snide merchant
2
: unworthy of esteem : low
a snide trick
3
: slyly disparaging : insinuating
snide remarks
snidely
adverb
snideness
noun
Examples of snide in a Sentence
a snide trick to get the couple to gamble on a bet they had no real chance of winning
some small-time crook who was selling snide gems to gullible tourists
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As my colleague Charlie Warzel wrote in March, on X, the White House is now a troll account, borrowing its snide visual language and tone from some of the internet’s most cynical spaces and deploying this style to mock and dehumanize people.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
The decision came after the comedian made snide remarks about the Trump administration’s settlements with media companies.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
The pushing of the goalposts includes unappealing and snide assaults on basically anybody who ever said a negative word about Deen.
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The snide discussion of the couple’s relationship, with its suggestion of gold digging on the part of Grey (or at least her mother), omitted some significant details.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
The decision came after the comedian made snide remarks about the Trump administration’s settlements with media companies.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
The pushing of the goalposts includes unappealing and snide assaults on basically anybody who ever said a negative word about Deen.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
The snide discussion of the couple’s relationship, with its suggestion of gold digging on the part of Grey (or at least her mother), omitted some significant details.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snide
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“Snide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snide. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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snide
adjective1
: low entry 2 sense 9b, mean
a snide trick
2
: slyly uncomplimentary or insulting
snide remarks
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