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Narky vs Sarky - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between narky and sarky

is that narky is irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging while sarky is sarcastic.

narky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (UK, Australia, slang) Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.
  • * 1995 , , The Cast Iron Shore , Granta, 1998, page 61,
    • The war had made Stan narkier than ever.
  • * 2003 , Justine Larbalestier, A Buffy Confession'', Glenn Yeffeth (editor), ''Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show , BenBella Books, US, page 83,
    • I?m now one of those people I used to defend the show against. There is no one more bitter than an ex-true believer. Color me narky and picky.
  • * 2005 , Maxim Jakubowski (editor), The Best British Mysteries 2005 , page 191,
    • It was a special request and Mrs. Fleming had to do it all on the spot, so that?s made her even more narky than usual.
  • * 2005 , , page 141,
    • Foolishly, I went to the National Right dinner last night. What a narky , miserable bunch of sods.
  • * 2008 , , Champagne Kisses , page 46,
    • I had to endure the narkiest taxi driver complaining about ‘Foreign lads takin? taxi plates’, who then managed to test my patience even more by leaving me a good walk from Parker?s apartment block.
  • * 2008 , Claudia Carroll, Do You Want to Know a Secret? , Random House, UK, unnumbered page,
    • Age is definitely making me narkier . The only difference between me and my moany Auntie Maisie is a plaid shopping trolley and a tracheotomy.

    sarky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (British, informal) sarcastic

    • Synonyms

    * sarcastic * snarky

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