Crossword clues for snappish
snappish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Snappish \Snap"pish\, a.
Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
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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, adv. -- Snap"pish*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"peevish," 1540s, from snap (v.) + -ish. Related: Snappishly; snappishness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Likely to snap or bite. 2 Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.
WordNet
adj. tending to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice" [syn: snappy]
Usage examples of "snappish".
With a brother only a few years younger than herself she was familiar with the sudden snappish reply.
Of bones and spirits linked together in an outcry of rage against a fate that is snappish, arbitrary and rude, heedlessly interrupting deeds in mid-doing, thoughts in midflight, words in midsen-tence.
They had sex more often, for love or for reassurance or to end the occasional snappish quarrels, or because there was nothing constructive to be done.
Having unburdened herself of various ill-natured remarks about Maud Leighton at intervals during the course of the morning, she chose the luncheon hour as a suitable time for the recountal to Jim of the whole affair of the letter, leading off with the snappish remark that she should have thought Maud could have found a better use for her money than to squander it sending letters by air mail.