snappish
Syllables: snap·pish/ˈsnæpɪʃ/
snappish adjective: likely to snap or bite.
Adjective
snappish (comparative more snappish, superlative most snappish)
- Likely to snap or bite.
- A snappish cur
- She came to us snappish and suspicious, but when she found what sort of place ours was, it all went off by degrees; […][1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 102
- 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.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 222
- She heard her own voice, snappish and rude, and pressed a hand to her head.1990, Nora Roberts, Taming Natasha, Silhouette Books, published 2011, →ISBN
snappish meaning in Bengali and Kannada
snappish in Bengali
- খিটখিটে, কর্কশভাষী
snappish in Kannada
- ಸಿಡುಕು
Examples of snappish in a sentence
- Even though the woman didn't work closely with Barsade, so palpable was her complaining and snappish temperament that it had infected everyone who worked around her.2011, Lynne McTaggart, The Bond, Simon & Schuster, published 2011, →ISBN, page 91:
- There was something underneath her snappish belligerence that made him feel protective and tolerant.2011, Mary Doria Russell, Doc, Random House, published 2011, →ISBN, page 173:
Forms of snappish
| comparative | more snappish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most snappish |
Origin of snappish
From snap + -ish.
Words formed from snappish
Questions about snappish
- What does snappish mean?
- Snappish means likely to snap or bite.
- What is snappish in Bengali?
- Snappish in Bengali is খিটখিটে, কর্কশভাষী. See Snappish meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use snappish in a sentence?
- Even though the woman didn't work closely with Barsade, so palpable was her complaining and snappish temperament that it had infected everyone who worked around her.
- What part of speech is snappish?
- Snappish is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce snappish?
- Snappish is pronounced /ˈsnæpɪʃ/.
Words near snappish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: snappish (page history and authors); snappish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snappish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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