snide

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++snide /snaɪd/ adjective informal UNKINDif you say something snide, you say something unkind, often in a clever indirect way 挖苦的，讽刺的snide remarks/comments a snide remark about her clothes 对她穿着的嘲讽 —snidely adverb

Examples from the Corpus

snide• But those first weeks my voice could be snide.• I did not think my remarks were particularly snide.• As she uttered these words she realized they sounded snide and insinuating.• She makes a snide comment, you look her in the eye and... smile.• Her lively, often snide commentary tickled me.• The teacher kept making snide comments about my pronunciation, which really embarrassed me.• There had been lawsuits, staff problems, snide editorials.• But he often makes these snide remarks about Graham.• Alderman Keane, an instinctive gut fighter, went on television and made snide remarks about the divorce.• We flew back to Heathrow; it had not been a happy trip for me, full of niggling and snide remarks.snide remarks/comments• We flew back to Heathrow; it had not been a happy trip for me, full of niggling and snide remarks.• But he often makes these snide remarks about Graham.• Alderman Keane, an instinctive gut fighter, went on television and made snide remarks about the divorce.

snide adjectiveChinese

Corpus something you say say you snide, unkind, if something

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snide /snaɪd/