A snappish cur
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Snappish
//ˈsnæpɪʃ//
Synonyms for "snappish" (70 found)
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15 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- раздразнителен adj (exhibiting irritation)
- сприхав adj (exhibiting irritation)
- хаплив adj (likely to snap or bite)
Finnish
3 entries- kärkevä adj (exhibiting irritation)
- pureva adj (likely to snap or bite)
- tiuskiva adj (exhibiting irritation)
French
2 entries- hargneux adj (likely to snap or bite)
- hargneux adj (exhibiting irritation)
German
3 entries- bissig adj (likely to snap or bite)
- patzig adj (exhibiting irritation)
- schnippisch adj (exhibiting irritation)
Latin
1 entries- mordax adj (likely to snap or bite)
Swedish
3 entries- argsint adj (exhibiting irritation)
- bitsk adj (likely to snap or bite)
- snäsig adj (exhibiting irritation)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
She came to us snappish and suspicious, but when she found what sort of place ours was, it all went off by degrees; […]
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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.
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She heard her own voice, snappish and rude, and pressed a hand to her head.
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