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Examples of snippy in a Sentence
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get snippy with you.
snippy remarks about the quality of the food at the church picnic
Recent Examples of snippy from the Web
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Nick and the girls laugh at Melissa, who is stressed out and snippy, sending them on errands, frantically cleaning the house.
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But as the debate wore on, the exchanges between the candidates grew increasingly snippy.
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Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer (2016) Paco, a sad-sack car salesman, feels trapped in his marriage to a caustic, constantly snippy woman.
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Imagine Regina tossing off snippy burns and getting a peek inside Aaron's (beautiful) head.
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His latest client just happens to be his sister-in-law Gwen (Mary-Louise Parker, at her most snippy and vocal-fried), the daughter of a late magazine publisher.
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What was supposed to be the nice-guy tête-à-tête was instead a snippy, tit-for-tat exchange in the key of conventional politics.
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Origin and Etymology of snippy
snippy Synonyms
Synonyms
abrupt, bluff, brusque (also brusk), crusty, curt, downright, short, short-spoken, blunt, unceremoniousAntonyms
circuitous, mealymouthedRelated Words
gruff, rough, snappish; candid, direct, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, point-blank, straightforward, straight-out; artless, discourteous, disrespectful, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, insensitive, rude, tactless, undiplomatic; brief, closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, terse, tight-lipped; earnest, honest, sincere; coarse, crass, crude, low, uncouth, vulgarNear Antonyms
civil, considerate, courteous, diplomatic, gracious, polite, politic, smooth, suave, tactful; loquacious, talkative, voluble; long-winded, prolix, verbose; courtly, cultivated, gallant, genteel, polished, refinedSNIPPY Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of snippy for English Language Learners
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: feeling or showing irritation
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