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snippy
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1
being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner
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
2
easily irritated or annoyed
bearish, bilious, cantankerous, cross-grained, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, off-color (or off-colored), ornery, querulous, snarly, surly
argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, fractious, fretful, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent
huffy, pouty, sensitive, short, sulky, sullen, tetchy, thin-skinned, touchy
out of humor, out of sorts
affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted (also extraverted), friendly, genial, gregarious, outgoing, sociable
agreeable, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered, sweet, well-disposed
carefree, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, relaxed
forbearing, long-suffering, obliging, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining, understanding
3
self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance
affected, grandiose, high-minded, highfalutin (also hifalutin), la-di-da (also la-de-da), ostentatious, pompous, pretentious
airy, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, high-toned, sententious
arrogant, bumptious, complacent, conceited, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, hoity-toity, imperious, important, overweening, presumptuous, prideful, proud, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-important, self-obsessed, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vainglorious
self-aggrandizing, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promoting
cavalier, disdainful, haughty, lordly, snobbish, snobby, stuck-up, supercilious, superior
confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure
aggressive, assertive, audacious, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, forward, impudent, insolent, rude
flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glitzy, showy, splashy
demure, down-to-earth, homely, humble, lowly, meek, retiring, unassertive, unassuming
bashful, diffident, mousy (or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, shy, timid
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