snarky
adjective /ˈsnɑːki/
/ˈsnɑːrki/
(snarkier, snarkiest)
(especially North American English, informal)- criticizing somebody in an unkind way
- a snarky remark
Oxford Collocations DictionarySnarky is used with these nouns:- comment
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from dialect verb snark ‘snore, snort’, ‘find fault’.