Crossword clues for snappishness
snappishness
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.
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being snappish.
WordNet
n. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, surliness]
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.