snide

The doting boyfriend, the overzealous best friend, the snide coworker, the absentee mother — played here by Kristen Johnston, whose character’s name is ingeniously spelled “Beverlee.”

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Fast, crisp and snide, “The Diary of a Chambermaid” gives equal weight to the monotony and the absurdity of Gianina’s grind.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Then she treated Congress with snide hostility when it asked her to answer basic questions about it.

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2026

Ms. Jackson is no apologist—her James has flaws aplenty—but where prior historians offered snide caricature, she portrays a complex leader who was “intelligent, resilient, idiosyncratic, irascible, guileful and witty.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

I turned around, half-expecting some snide comment, but she’d lost interest and was talking pointedly to someone else.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The authorities at Woolwich had kindly supplied the expedition with 200 Hale's rockets—three-pounders—and fifty snider rifles, together with 50,000 rounds of snider ammunition.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

By sunset all was completed and the vessel reloaded; but I sent twenty-eight boxes of snider ammunition on board the tender.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

I only had the "Dutchman," and my attendant Monsoor carried a snider rifle; thus we were badly armed for so impenetrable a beast.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

The total, including that from the men's cartouche-boxes, was cartridges for snider rifles 4,540 and cartridges for muskets 4,330, making a total of 8,870 rounds.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

The strongest men were selected to carry the boxes of snider cartridges, which weighed 64 lbs. each.

From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker

We know this because Charles Dance recites Michelangelo’s snidest journal passages throughout, bringing a welcome pettiness to an otherwise staid chapter of art history.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026