Snappish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Likely to snap or bite, as a dog.
  • adj. Irritable and curt: a snappish tone of voice; a snappish debating partner.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Likely to snap or bite.
  • adj. Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite.
  • adj. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Ready or apt to snap or bite: as, a snappish cur.
  • Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or tartly; tart; crabbed; also, proceeding from a sharp temper or from anger; also, chiding; scolding; faultfinding.
  • Synonyms Touchy, testy, crusty, petulant, pettish, splenetic.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. apt to speak irritably
    • Equivalent
    ill-natured   
    Form
    snappishness    snappishly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tart    peevish    curt    irascible   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    spleeny    testy    waspish    splenetic    ungracious    crossgrained    captious    discourteous    ill-tempered    uncatholic   
     
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