snarky

Meaning

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

Translations

abfällig

beißend

bissig

maliziös

sarkastisch

spöttelnd

dicax

bijtend

grievend

oneerbiedig

sarcastisch

mordaz

sarcástico

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.