as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
I always start feeling snappish whenever I get really hungry
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Recent Examples of snappish
The poodle community is particularly snappish about doodles.
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John Seabrook, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
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
John Seabrook, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snappish
irritable
Adjective
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Perhaps through feeling more irritable, more anxious, or wanting to isolate.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Had my symptoms maybe been put down to irritable bowel, for example, that could’ve been ongoing and ongoing and ongoing for a much longer period of time.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Snappish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snappish. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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