Snarky Definition
snärkē
snarkier, snarkiest
adjective
snarkier, snarkiest
Ill-humored, short-tempered, etc.
Webster's New World
Critical, derisive, sarcastic, etc.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Snarky
Adjective
Base Form:
snarky
Comparative:
snarkier
Superlative:
snarkiestOrigin of Snarky
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snark +"Ž -y; 1906, as “irritable", from 1866 snark (“to snort"), by onomatopoeia. Compare Low German snarken, North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka.
From Wiktionary
From dialectal snark to nag from snark, snork to snore, snort from Dutch and Low German snorken of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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