snarkiness
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈsnɑrkɪnəs/
- Informal
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sarcasmo
- It's best to avoid snarkiness in e-mails and text messages to maintain professionalism.
I I criticism is one thing, but just sort of like there's a way in which snarkiness tips very quickly into bullying, like a, a kind of form of bullying.
- I I criticism is one thing, but just sort of like there's a way in which snarkiness tips very quickly into bullying, like a, a kind of form of bullying.
Examples
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Must fight tears with what little snarkiness I have left.
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Even when they seem to begin with respect, they often disintegrate into snarkiness.
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Plus some outright snarkiness, because I am in the mood for it.
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I think that changes the nature of people's comments, with not as much snarkiness.
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Can't we, as a PEOPLE, lay off the snarkiness in this campaign long enough to see the people in the danger areas through this?
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I might attribute the snarkiness to two observations.
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No one here has answered that with anything more than wishful thinking and snarkiness.
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Snarkiness is the accepted mode of disagreement for most of our posters.
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And I've never seen a politician behave with that level of snarkiness, condescension.
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Even the kindest people—you, for example...and me, most assuredly—succumb to bouts of bitterness, snidery, and snarkiness.
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Synonyms
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3.9
A way of saying the opposite to make fun of someone or show you dislike them
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8.7
Rude, cheeky talk to someone in charge
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8.1
A mocking way of speaking that shows dislike or disrespect
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7.2
A quiet, slightly mocking kind of humor
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9.8
A sharp, bitter way of speaking that hurts people
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7.0
A harsh, rude manner or tone that offends people
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8.1
Rude behavior that shows you think you are better than others
A tendency to make sharp, hurtful remarks
A sharp, cutting way of speaking and writing that criticizes people and ideas
Speech or writing that is sharply critical and makes people feel bad
A mocking, harsh way of speaking that shows no respect
Speech or writing that is sharp and often hurts people
A harsh tone in speech or writing that hurts people
A sharp, bitter way of speaking that hurts people
Antonyms
How Snarky
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3.9
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8.1
- Informal
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7.5
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7.2
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snarkiness comes from snarky, which comes from snark, a made-up creature in a Lewis Carroll poem that felt small and nasty. That image helps: being 'snarky' is like making 'biting' or mocking remarks, so snarkiness is the quality of being sarcastic or sharply critical.