Snappish
/ˈsnæpɪʃ/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Likely to snap or bite.
"A snappish cur"
- 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 apt to speak irritably wordnet
Example
More examples"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.