1
as in nasty
not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency
a snide trick to get the couple to gamble on a bet they had no real chance of winning
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as in false
being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud
some small-time crook who was selling snide gems to gullible tourists
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Recent Examples of snide
At one point in the film, Michelle, as Harriet, makes a snide observation about a girl in her class as the camera pans over to the girl at her locker, which was covered in photos of teen idols.
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Mara Wilson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Dunning’s deadpan style ensures none of the humor keels over to the snide.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
There was even a delightful, late-breaking Count of Monte Cristo adaptation in 2002, directed by Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ Kevin Reynolds and featuring a wonderfully snide Guy Pearce as the chief villain.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
O’Donnell has been the most vocal celebrity about her move, prompting snide jokes from the Trump administration.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
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Mara Wilson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Dunning’s deadpan style ensures none of the humor keels over to the snide.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
There was even a delightful, late-breaking Count of Monte Cristo adaptation in 2002, directed by Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ Kevin Reynolds and featuring a wonderfully snide Guy Pearce as the chief villain.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
O’Donnell has been the most vocal celebrity about her move, prompting snide jokes from the Trump administration.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snide
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Her somewhat implausible problem is that her bad feelings—her irritation, her boredom—never register as such because of her beauty, her wealth, and her pedigree; so great is her beauty that even her nastiest moods feel like a sunny glow to others.—
Claire Jarvis,
New Yorker,
8 July 2025
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But use kind humor, not nasty or deprecating humor.—
Davia Temin,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the claims are false.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
3 July 2025
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The City of Odessa, Texas, also said claims of a serial killer in the area were false in a Dec. 9 Facebook post.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 July 2025
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The tweets, a vile departure from Elmo’s often inspiring and motivational social media cadence, were sent on July 13 and promptly taken down.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Michael Kracker, the chair of the Erie County Republican Committee, posted the image on X, formerly Twitter, describing it as vile.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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There’s a massive global scam operation that uses real payment methods on fake checkout pages.—
Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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Additional increases in the quantity and quality of weapons sent to Ukraine would underpin that message and would have a better chance than anything else of persuading Putin to replace fake negotiations with the real thing.—
The Editors,
National Review,
11 July 2025
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Environmentalists and labor rights activists have complained that China's graphite mining and production is dirty and dangerous.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
7 July 2025
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Use the packing cubes to separate clean and dirty clothes for the duration of your cruise.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
7 July 2025
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Another respondent described neighbors overdosing on counterfeit Chinese drugs.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
18 June 2025
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Enrico Ronquillo, 37, was indicted for using a counterfeit driver’s license and a birth certificate – both from California – to impersonate a U.S. citizen from May 11 to 14, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska said in a June 16 news release.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Politics remains a cruel business and the governor has been on the frontline of it for nearly 20 years, winning and losing.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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They were joined by actors playing the contestants, who lurched along wearing expressions of exaggerated horror, as though the cruel stakes of the game had just been revealed to them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
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At a bond hearing in Chicago immigration court on Tuesday, Judge Carla Espinoza set Morales Reyes' bond at $7,500 after the court and Department of Homeland Security had time to review the evidence about the forged threatening letters.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
10 June 2025
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Her plea agreement includes admissions to submitting fraudulent escrow disbursement requests to the escrow company, one of which included a forged client signature, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2025
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“Snide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snide. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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