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Recent Examples of snappish Instead, Helen is allowed to be irritable and anti-social, chain-smoking and snappish, without the filmmaker casting judgment. Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025 Harriette Cole: My twins are getting snappish over college acceptance Asking Eric: A cemetery guard ruined my father’s funeral, and that was just the start This includes stating your belief that your explanations may not be believed. Judith Martin, Mercury News, 7 May 2025 But Poker Face in general has a snappish rhythm, a retro luster, a good eye for the lonely grandeur of American nowhere towns. A.a. Dowd, Chron, 25 Jan. 2023 Keynes is a snappish but patient listener. Maggie Lange, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023 Here the journalist is Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian), a snappish, once prominent reporter whom Louis encountered half a century ago in San Francisco. Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snappish
irritable
Adjective
  • Instead, Helen is allowed to be irritable and anti-social, chain-smoking and snappish, without the filmmaker casting judgment.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • If you are rushed or irritable, say so.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Snappish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snappish. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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