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snappish /ˈsnapɪʃ /adjective1(Of a dog) irritable and inclined to bite. 1.1Irritable and curt: she was often snappish with the children...- I'd noticed that in a few short hours that his curt and snappish side was back.
- ‘Shorten my name,’ I clarified in a curt, snappish tone.
- I was snappish and rude to either of my parents if they spoke to me and I dragged my feet, glaring down at the linoleum floor beneath my scorched sneakers, which had somehow managed to be salvaged.
Derivativessnappishly adverb ...- ‘Not that it's any of your business,’ I began snappishly, ‘but she wants me to baby-sit for her on Sunday.’
- I said, snappishly, pushing my glasses higher on my face, ‘Did you hear me?’
- I think the little man drinking tea in China heard you,’ Nicole said snappishly.
snappishness /ˈsnapɪʃnəs/ noun ...- Irascibility was the wrong word, really… I meant snappishness, irritability - irascibility implies a higher degree of temper, I think.
- I exploded at Anthony, who was all smiles after knowing it was not he who was the root of all my snappishness.
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