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

Word definitions for snappishness in dictionaries

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.

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 ...

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.