different between snide vs ghastly

English

Etymology

Probably from a dialectal variant of snithe (“sharp, cutting”). More at snithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sna?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Adjective

snide (comparative snider, superlative snidest)

1. Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
2. Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.

Translations

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Noun

snide (countable and uncountable, plural snides)

1. (countable) An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a cheat.
2. (uncountable) counterfeit money

Anagrams

• Denis, Sinde, denis, dines, enids, nides, snied

English

Etymology

From a conflation of a derivation of Old English g?stan (“to torment, frighten”) with the suffix -lic, and ghostly (which was also spelt "gastlich" in Middle English). Equivalent to ghast/gast + -ly. Spelling with 'gh' developed 16th century due to the conflation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????s(t).li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æs(t).li/

Adjective

ghastly (comparative ghastlier, superlative ghastliest)

1. Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
   • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

     Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
2. Horrifyingly shocking.
3. Extremely bad.

Synonyms

• (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid
• (horrifyingly shocking): lurid

Translations

Adverb

ghastly (not comparable)

1. In a ghastly manner.
   • 1921, William Dudley Pelley, The Fog: A Novel, page 196:

     Johnathan's lips moved ghastly before his voice would come. "So I'm crazy, am I? And if I choose to murder you, what would you do?"