Flippant
Flippant adjective - Making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred.
Snarky and flippant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Snarky" instead an adjective "Flippant".
Nearby Words: flippancy, flippantly
Snarky
Snarky adjective - Marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings.
Usage example: with champagne as a lubricant, she unleashed an unending series of snarky comments for the duration of the wedding reception
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Paulie can be this with his sarcastic, snarky personality and flippant insults.
Source: Film / Paulie - She's a swaggering, loud, snarky, flippant, ball-breaking Village Bicycle; but shows that deep down she does feel vulnerable about her life and relationships, is a romantic at heart, and is very, very protective towards her best friend Frasier.
- Back in the mid to late 90's, he was the same smooth-talking ladies' man-slash-flippant, snarky action hero, always locked and loaded with an "Aw, hell naw" at the ready to take down giant ships, giant bugs or giant spiders.
Source: I Am Not Leonard Nimoy
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