snappy

Examples

• All

• As we stepped outside, a snappy breeze reminded us that winter was finally here.

• Steely Dan, looking pale and somehow snappy, perform "Do It Again" on The Midnight Special.

  Fiction book (2000)

• And so if you've ever frozen things like beans, it's very difficult to get that fresh snappy bean.

• - It's snappy.

  Be Kind Rewind (2008)

• Tomorrow I'll go hiking with that eagle scout unless I get a call from Grandpa for a snappy game of chess

  Radio Days (1987)

• A snappy quaff of hooch makes the face feel flush and the skin feel warm, even in cold temperatures.

  Blog text (30)

• She took a deep breath of the snappy morning air, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

Synonyms

C

cool

vssnappy

65 1.0

A pleasant, fairly low temperature

is about sharply cold air that also energizes and refreshes

C

crisp

vssnappy

25 2.7

Pleasantly cold and fresh, making you feel awake

is sharper and more keenly cold rather than primarily fresh

B

brisk

vssnappy

10 3.7

Weather or air that feels cool and refreshes you

is specifically about sharply cold air that refreshes and invigorates

N

nippy

vssnappy

8 4.1

A little cold weather that makes you need a jacket

is even sharper and gives a stronger feeling of invigoration

N

nipping

vssnappy

3.5

Slightly cold and fresh in a way that makes you feel awake

is more sharply cold than gently pleasant and mild

Antonyms

W

warm

∞ 1.0

Having a comfortable level of heat, often after recent use

M

mild

107 1.0

Something like pain and criticism that is not very strong or serious

Idioms

M

to make it snappy

• Informal

10 7.7

To tell someone to hurry

How Cold

freezing

1.0

biting

3.8

snappy

1 4.0

crisp

25 2.7

cool

608 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology