snide

Probably from a dialectal variant of snithe (“sharp, cutting, cold”).[1] See snithe (adjective).

Alternatively, possibly a metathetic corruption of Middle English snythand (“piercing (the heart), cold, biting”, literally and figuratively). More at snithe (verb).

• IPA^(key): /snaɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

snide (comparative snider, superlative snidest)

1. Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

   Don't make snide remarks to me.

   • 2010, Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network, spoken by Erica Albright (Rooney Mara):

     You write your snide bullshit from a dark room because that's what the angry do nowadays. I was nice to you, don't torture me for it.

2. Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.

   He was a snide lawyer.

   I received a shipment of snide goods.

   • 2002, Sarah Waters, Fingersmith, Virago Press (2005), page 19:

     I knew without studying them that the rings and the watch were snide, and the jewel a paste one; but they were damn fine counterfeits.

• snide pitcher

snide (countable and uncountable, plural snides)

1. (countable) An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practice; a sharper; a cheat.
2. (uncountable) Counterfeit money.

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