Snappish

//ˈsnæpɪʃ// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Likely to snap or bite.

    "A snappish cur"

  2. 2
    Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.

    "The past fortnight had been one of sullenness, cold black looks, short snappish words, and those ingenious contradictions which sometimes vary the halcyon calm of domestic felicity."

Adjective
  1. 1
    apt to speak irritably wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
abruptacerbicacidbearishbitchybrusque

Example

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"She came to us snappish and suspicious, but when she found what sort of place ours was, it all went off by degrees; […]"

Etymology

From snap + -ish.

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