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Disparaging vs Snide - What's the difference?

disparaging | snide |

As adjectives the difference between disparaging and snide

is that disparaging is insulting, ridiculing while snide is disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

As nouns the difference between disparaging and snide

is that disparaging is disparagement while snide is an underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat.

As a verb disparaging

is .

disparaging

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Insulting, ridiculing.
    • The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.

    Synonyms

    * degrading

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • disparagement
  • * Thomas Hardy
    • I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings .

    snide

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
    • Don't make snide remarks to me.
  • Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.
    • He was a snide lawyer.
    I received a shipment of snide goods.

    References

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat.

    • Anagrams

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