snappish
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsnæpɪʃ/
snappish
- Likely to snap or bite.
- A snappish cur
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22
- "She came to us snappish and suspicious, but when she found what sort of place ours was, it all went off by degrees
- Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.
- 1990, Nora Roberts, Taming Natasha, Silhouette Books (2011), ISBN 9781459213173, unnumbered page ↗:
- She heard her own voice, snappish and rude, and pressed a hand to her head.
- 2011, Lynne McTaggart, The Bond, Simon & Schuster (2011), ISBN 9781439157947, page 91 ↗:
- Even though the woman didn't work closely with Barsade, so palpable was her complaining and snappish temperament that it had infected everyone who worked around her.
- 2011, Mary Doria Russell, Doc, Random House (2011), ISBN 9781400068043, page 173 ↗:
- There was something underneath her snappish belligerence that made him feel protective and tolerant.
- 1990, Nora Roberts, Taming Natasha, Silhouette Books (2011), ISBN 9781459213173, unnumbered page ↗:
- French: harneux
- German: bissig
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