snarkyadj.
/ˈsnɑːki/ colloquial.
Irritable, short-tempered, ‘narky’.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective]
sharpc1000
impatient1377
out-sharpinga1382
teethya1500
fumish1523
testy1526
crabbed1535
tettish1567
peevish1577
kickish1589
splenetic1593
spleenful1594
tetchy1596
wasp-stung1598
touchy1602
spleeny1604
pruriginous1609
teety1621
splenitive1633
peltish1648
irritable1662
splenatic1663
splenetive1678
unheer1691
rusty1694
nettlesome1766
stingy1781
snarly1798
tutty1809
spleenical1818
rileya1824
nettly1825
edgy1837
porcupinal1846
shirty1846
raspish1854
peckish1857
streaky1860
owly1864
teasy1866
fussy1869
raspy1869
spiky1881
chippyc1885
tetchous1890
narky1895
snarky1906
ringy1907
snarkish1912
Scot1916
crooked1945
niggly1952
snooty1959
kvetchy1965
to be on the rag1967
sandpaper1976
gribble1984
splenous-
1906 E. Nesbit Railway Children ii. 49 Don't be snarky, Peter. It isn't our fault.
1913 J. Vaizey College Girl xxiv. 326 ‘Why should you think I am “snarky”?’ ‘Because—you are! You're not a bit sociable and friendly.’
1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap (1917) xii. 209 I had received a rather snarky letter from him demanding to know how long I meant to remain in North America.
1953 E. Coxhead Midlanders x. 247 I've known you were the soul of kindness, under that snarky way.
a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 627 We also have to overcome something else—the stream of anti-government propaganda, smearing, snarky, derisive, which comes out of Fleet Street.
Derivatives
ˈsnarkily adv.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [adverb]
impatiently1490
tetchily1647
touchily1658
testily1755
spleenishly1775
splenetically1779
edgily1837
irritably1855
shirtily1879
teethily1879
spleenfully1882
soreheadedly1883
teasily1928
rattily1938
snarkily1967
1967 Listener 20 July 91/3 Viewers' letters are not just read out. They are commented upon by Kenneth Robinson (usually rather snarkily).
ˈsnarkiness n.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [noun]
impatiencec1230
eagernessa1400
unsufferancea1400
impatiency1526
testiness1526
impatientness1550
touchiness1603
tetchiness1623
irritability1791
twitchiness1834
rustiness1860
soreheadedness1860
shirtiness1868
chippiness1877
rattiness1898
cabin fever1918
snarkiness1960
edginess1963
1960 Economist 28 May 859/2 In some of his comments on bureaucracy there is a relapse into snarkiness.
ˈsnarkish adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective]
sharpc1000
impatient1377
out-sharpinga1382
teethya1500
fumish1523
testy1526
crabbed1535
tettish1567
peevish1577
kickish1589
splenetic1593
spleenful1594
tetchy1596
wasp-stung1598
touchy1602
spleeny1604
pruriginous1609
teety1621
splenitive1633
peltish1648
irritable1662
splenatic1663
splenetive1678
unheer1691
rusty1694
nettlesome1766
stingy1781
snarly1798
tutty1809
spleenical1818
rileya1824
nettly1825
edgy1837
porcupinal1846
shirty1846
raspish1854
peckish1857
streaky1860
owly1864
teasy1866
fussy1869
raspy1869
spiky1881
chippyc1885
tetchous1890
narky1895
snarky1906
ringy1907
snarkish1912
Scot1916
crooked1945
niggly1952
snooty1959
kvetchy1965
to be on the rag1967
sandpaper1976
gribble1984
splenous-
1912 R. Fry Let. 16 Mar. (1972) I. 355 So sorry I seem so snarkish just now.
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