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Thesaurus: snappish

Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.

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  1. a. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
  2. a. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
  3. adj. apt to speak irritably
  4. 1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur. 2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish. The taunting address of a snappish missanthrope. Jeffrey. -- Snap"pish*ly, adv. -- Snap"pish*ness, n.
  5. j:100 s. apt to speak irritably