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Answer for the clue "A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger ", 12 letters:
snappishness

Word definitions for snappishness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Snappish \Snap"pish\, a. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish. The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster] -- Snap"pish*ly ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper , biliousness , irritability , peevishness , pettishness , surliness ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being snappish.

Usage examples of snappishness.

Why I have known a short tower to Slab City or Loontown act like a charm on my pardner, when crossness wuz in his mean and snappishness wuz present with him.

Meder said in distracted snappishness as he lifted a flat ironbound box about a foot long onto the chair seat.

Why I have known a short tower to Slab City or Loontown act like a charm on my pardner, when crossness wuz in his mean and snappishness wuz present with him.