snarky

1. (humorous, informal, often) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
2. (obsolete) Irritable, irritated.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsnɑɹ.ki/

Etymology

Cognate with Low German: snarken

Cognate with Northern Frisian: snarke

Cognate with Swedish: snarka

In summary

From snark + -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia (1866). Compare Low German snarken (“to snore”), North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka. In the sense “sarcastic” popularized in the late 1990s.

Translations

abfällig

beißend

bissig

maliziös

sarkastisch

spöttelnd

dicax

bijtend

grievend

oneerbiedig

sarcastisch

cięty

kąśliwy

mordaz

sarcástico