snappish

Examples

• All

• She tends to be snappish when she is tired and needs more coffee.

• I didn't mean to seem snappish.

  Melinda and Melinda (2004)

• She had to fight the urge to say something snappish and mean.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "Give it a rest, Roy," Alice said, sounding snappish.

  Fiction book (2002)

• When someone is hit with circumstances such as these at the tender age of sixteen, she can become cynical and snappish.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Bithras fell into a dark and snappish mood at the end of a grueling day of office-hopping.

  Fiction book (1993)

• After a long day at work, he became snappish with his family.

Synonyms

S

snippy

vssnappish

18 6.7

Being short and rude in the way someone speaks

tends to be abrupt and irritable rather than openly insulting

P

pissy

vssnappish

• Offensive

18 9.6

Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood

is about abrupt irritated speaking rather than general petty mood

S

snappy

vssnappish

12 5.8

Speaking quickly and angrily, showing irritation or impatience

has identical meaning but is the longer or less common form

B

brusque

vssnappish

7 7.7

Rude and very short when speaking or acting

is more about irritable speech rather than only brief bluntness

C

crotchety

vssnappish

6 8.8

Often in a bad mood and easily annoyed by small things

focuses on sharp or abrupt speech rather than eccentric moodiness

S

short-tempered

vssnappish

4 4.2

Quick to get angry or easily annoyed

focuses on abrupt speech tendency rather than general quick anger

Q

quick-tempered

vssnappish

1 6.0

To become angry quickly and easily

is about speaking sharply when annoyed rather than sudden anger

C

chippy

vssnappish

• UK

1 9.1

Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended

tends to speak abruptly from irritation rather than being easily offended

W

waspish

vssnappish

1 8.1

Easily annoyed and quick to speak sharply

is the tendency to speak abruptly especially when easily annoyed

S

snorty

vssnappish

• UK

1 9.7

Feeling annoyed and in a bad mood

is specifically about speaking abruptly when feeling annoyed

S

stroppy

vssnappish

• UK

1 9.8

Easily annoyed and likely to argue or be unhelpful

is mainly about sudden irritable speech rather than general argumentativeness

N

narky

vssnappish

• UK

1 9.9

Having a sharp, unfriendly tone that criticizes others

tends to be abrupt and irritable without the sharp sarcasm

T

tonguey

vssnappish

• Informal

8.9

Quick to say sharp things that hurt

is irritable abrupt speech but without the deliberate cutting remarks

R

rough-spoken

vssnappish

7.5

A person who speaks in a rude, harsh way

focuses on irritation and abruptness rather than coarse speech

G

growly

vssnappish

• Informal

7.1

Showing irritation and wanting to be left alone

is about abrupt irritable speech rather than general sulky mood or sound

Antonyms

T

tactful

11 4.0

Being careful and polite when speaking to avoid hurting people

How Irritable

short-tempered

4 4.2

touchy

33 4.9

snappish

2 7.2

irritable

32 3.7

even-tempered

3 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology