snappish

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snap·pish | \ ˈsna-pish

Definition of snappish

1a : given to curt irritable speech

b : arising from annoyance or irascibility a snappish remark

2 : inclined to bite a snappish dog

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The shoppers were snappish and rude. I always start feeling snappish whenever I get really hungry.

Recent Examples on the Web The adults make mistakes and get snappish with one another, but their imperfections are small and sweet. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 24 May 2021 Her tone is snappish and funny by accident — which is to say, true. — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2021 About half of the time, her tone when responding to him is snappish, sarcastic or dismissive. — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 20 May 2020 Love radiated from her performance, even as Deirdre nagged her children about going to church and showed her snappish side and a worried side. — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2019 Nancy Higley is particularly effective as Tito's shrewish, snappish wife. — Tom Titus, latimes.com, 7 June 2018 The Marines who had volunteered for the body details were overworked and became snappish, ripping packs off of corpses angrily, cutting gear away with bayonets, heaving bodies into the green bags. — Esquire, 24 June 2016

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