snappish

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snappish

/ˈsnæpɪʃ/

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adjective more snappish · most snappish

Likely to snap or bite. A snappish cur
Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible. The past fortnight had been one of sullenness, cold black looks, short snappish words, and those ingenious contradictions which sometimes vary the halcyon calm of domestic felicity.

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adj likely to snap or bite

Français	hargneux
Deutsch	bissig

adj exhibiting irritation

Français	hargneux
Deutsch	patzig, schnippisch

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@misc{snappish_2026,
  title = {snappish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snappish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}