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as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
working all day with such snarky jerks is exhausting
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as in sarcastic
marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings
with champagne as a lubricant, she unleashed an unending series of snarky comments for the duration of the wedding reception
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Recent Examples of snarky
No one can match the campy and snarky Paul Lynde as the center square on Hollywood Squares.
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The airports are fighting: Dulles Airport and Tampa International Airport have been posting snarky messages toward each other after the Washington Commanders beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their NFL wild-card game.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
Her snarky, no-nonsense point of view on the show even earned her a 2009 Daytime Emmy Award.
—John Russell, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Eschewing his typically snarky reaction to unsolicited speculation about the tour from fans, on Tuesday Liam gave a dream setlist posted on X a half thumbs-up.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2025
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The airports are fighting: Dulles Airport and Tampa International Airport have been posting snarky messages toward each other after the Washington Commanders beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their NFL wild-card game.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
Her snarky, no-nonsense point of view on the show even earned her a 2009 Daytime Emmy Award.
—John Russell, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Eschewing his typically snarky reaction to unsolicited speculation about the tour from fans, on Tuesday Liam gave a dream setlist posted on X a half thumbs-up.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for snarky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snarky
Adjective
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This misalignment impairs your sleep and concentration, and can leave you feeling irritable.—
Mackenzie Gamble,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2025
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Here’s one way to take your mind off a certain election that seems to have everyone tense and irritable these days — consider that Tahoe ski season is almost here.—
Randy McMullen,
The Mercury News,
31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Ally and Jay are both sarcastic, too — their best lines are muttered under their breaths — and their repartee becomes more interesting than the bloody theatrics.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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When Filip Hronek took a soft point shot that Darcy Kuemper stopped shortly after, the crowd responded with a sarcastic Bronx cheer.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Soto came up as a young player in a Washington Nationals clubhouse seeing players with a variety of different personalities in leadership roles, like the fiery Max Scherzer, the flashy Bryce Harper, the business-like Stephen Strasburg and longtime veterans like Ryan Zimmerman and Howie Kendrick.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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The dangers of replicating humans and the potential for unethical abuse of the technology are stressed in a dour warning by a senior official on Earth, played with fiery authority in her final screen role by the redoubtable Haydn Gwynne, to whom the film is dedicated.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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The tone, like the title, is satiric and pitch black.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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Gad originated the role of Elder Cunningham alongside Andrew Rannells' Elder Price in a satiric look at two young missionaries' misguided attempts to spread the gospel in a small Ugandan village.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Snarky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snarky. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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