SNUFFY Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

snuffy

adjective

Definition of snuffy

as in irritable

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Adjective

And this new Godzilla, entirely computer-generated, is an irritable muscle of spikes and scales, or like a sort of angry gothic pineapple.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
Murray says her own experience has made her more understanding when female colleagues seem more tired or irritable than usual, particularly when the behavior is out of character.

— Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of irritable

Adjective

Ready to Wear, the bilious bomb of a film in which Robert Altman took aim at the fashion industry with an elephant gun—and missed.

— Charles Gandee, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
Look the steady coarsening of American civic and political culture and the ways in which the once-outrageous—the bilious, hateful rhetoric and the creeping authoritarianism—have become almost ordinary.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of bilious

Adjective

The national press doesn't mention it much these days, but President Obama was being a little snappish himself all those years ago.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
But even a young woman struggling with the patriarchal conundrum of cool-girl syndrome (to be independent and accepted) might reveal more of a snappish turn of mind than Grace does.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026

Definition of snappish

Adjective

As the days until payment is due tick grimly by, Irwin and Hester grow increasingly fretful and angry, and their widening divisions wrench the family apart, to intimately catastrophic effect.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
The fretful electronic score is by Flying Lotus, Elliot Leung and Olivia Xiaolin.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

Definition of fretful

Adjective

Ask to see the set that still remains—just watch out for the grumpy resident dog, who is best admired from afar.

— Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Breakfast with the Grinch brings the belovedly grumpy character to the table for waffle stations, cookie decorating and plenty of festive photo ops.

— Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of grumpy

Adjective

Instead of headline-making beefs that stand the test of time, today’s critics might be the subject of a petulant DM or a horde-summoning quote tweet.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026
Trowbridge is a petulant blowhard, and has been such a fun foil to Kate over the years.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of petulant

Adjective

Once upon a time, the idea that the world was growing stupider was mostly confined to the realm of dyspeptic reactionary polemic.

— James Marriott, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Govan might prevail on Lucas to join as well, as an idiosyncratic and dyspeptic if public-minded voice.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of dyspeptic

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