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snappish
[snap-ish]
adjective
apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
disposed to speak or reply in an impatient or irritable manner.
impatiently or irritably sharp; curt.
a snappish reply.
Other Word Forms
- snappishly adverb
- snappishness noun
Example Sentences
Full of snappy and snappish dialogue, the book imagines a carnival-esque week’s idyll in the “shantytown of millionaires” that was 1950s Malibu.
Sometimes he was snappish, and sometimes just whiny, but always bristling.
DeSantis is a historically bad candidate, snappish and known for eating pudding with his fingers.
That means that when characters are being snappish, they lack the charm that should keep us rooting for them.
Lulu has been traumatized by her experiences on the front lines and is skittish and snappish.
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