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Snappishness

Snappish \Snap"pish\, a.

  1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.

  2. 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.

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snappishness

n. The quality of being snappish.

WordNet
snappishness

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.