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View synonyms for snappish
snappish
[ snap-ish ]
adjective
- apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
- disposed to speak or reply in an impatient or irritable manner.
- impatiently or irritably sharp; curt:
a snappish reply.
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Other Words From
- snappish·ly adverb
- snappish·ness noun
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Example Sentences
The two were laughing: Mrs. Gum seemed in a less depressed state than usual, and the other less snappish.
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His sharp teeth and snappish ways, and the bigness of his appearance when the fins are all displayed, keep the little fishes away.
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When her feelings were touched she had a way of growing curt and terse, sometimes even snappish.
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I dislike Mr. Cleremont; he is always saying snappish things, and is never happy, no matter how merry we are.
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But as the romantically impatient and sometimes a bit snappish Mrs. Penniman would say, he had never gone far.
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