Snideness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or property of being snide. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    A snide remark or utterance. uncountable, usually

    "She suspected that during the summer her father had mentioned Brian’s windfall to Billy and that father and son had then traded snidenesses and bitternesses about the W—— Corporation and bourgeois Robin and leisure-class Brian."

Synonyms

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snark

Example

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"She suspected that during the summer her father had mentioned Brian’s windfall to Billy and that father and son had then traded snidenesses and bitternesses about the W—— Corporation and bourgeois Robin and leisure-class Brian."

Etymology

From snide + -ness.

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