snarky

English

Etymology

snark +‎ -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from 1866 snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia. Compare Low German snarken, North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka.[1]

Adjective

snarky (comparative snarkier, superlative snarkiest)

(informal) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation, often humorously.

Derived terms

snark (in noun sense of “snarky remarks”)
snarkily
snarkism
snarkiness

Translations

sarcastic and irreverent

Dutch: sarcastisch (nl), oneerbiedig (nl), bijtend (nl), grievend (nl)
Finnish: äkäinen (fi)
German: bissig (de), spöttelnd (de), sarkastisch (de), beißend (de), maliziös (de), abfällig (de)
Greek: σαρκαστικός (el) m (sarkastikós), δηκτικός (el) m (diktikós)
Latin: dicax

Lithuanian: kandus (lt)
Polish: kąśliwy, cięty (pl)
Russian: е́дкий (ru) m (jédkij), язви́тельный (ru) m (jazvítelʹnyj), ехидный (ru) m (jexidnyj), ко́лкий (ru) (kólkij) (about remark, comment, response)
Spanish: sarcástico, mordaz (es)

References

“snarky” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

Karsyn

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