Synonyms of snit

snit

noun

ˈsnit 

as in pouts

a state of resentful silence or irritability

don't bother him; he's still in a snit after this morning's reprimand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pouts
• dumps
• sulk
• pet
• irritability
• sulkiness
• sullenness
• blues
• sensitivity
• irritableness
• fretfulness
• grouch
• crossness
• petulance
• peevishness
• hump
• mopes
• testiness
• surliness
• crankiness
• grouchiness
• grumpiness
• biliousness
• disagreeableness
• perversity
• dyspepsia
• irascibility
• orneriness
• cantankerousness
• choler
• fantods
• perverseness
• querulousness
• huffiness
• waspishness
• pettishness
• fussiness
• crotchetiness
• irascibleness
• oversensitiveness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gaiety
• cheerfulness
• perkiness
• cordiality
• lightheartedness
• friendliness
• graciousness
• pleasantness
• sociability
• geniality
• agreeableness
• affability
• sociality
• amenity
• amicability
• high-spiritedness
• gladsomeness
• amiability
• amiableness
• good-naturedness
• good-temperedness
• good-humoredness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snit

Speaking of friends, after getting into a physical fight in the basement of the lab, Steve and Dustin separate in an angry snit. — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025

One of Richards' serious snits was with O'Brien's Facebook advertisement. — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024

The episode starts with Q in a snit, and, well, that snit doesn’t go away for the whole episode. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024

Backstage, Speaker Pelosi is shown defending her hostility in a post-vandalism snit. — Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2023

Eventually, Harrison got over his snit and returned to the fold. — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021