snarky
adjective/ˈsnɑːki/
/ˈsnɑːrki/
(snarkier, snarkiest)
(especially North American English, informal)- criticizing somebody in an unkind way
- a snarky remark
Oxford Collocations DictionarySnarky is used with these nouns:- comment
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from dialect verb snark ‘snore, snort’, ‘find fault’.Want to learn more?
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