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snippish

snippish adjective: snippy; irritable; short-tempered.

Adjective

snippish (comparative more snippish, superlative most snippish)

  1. snippy; irritable; short-tempered.

Forms of snippish

comparativemore snippish
superlativemost snippish

Origin of snippish

From snip + -ish.

Questions about snippish

What does snippish mean?
Snippish means snippy; irritable; short-tempered.
What part of speech is snippish?
Snippish is an adjective.

Words near snippish in the dictionary

  1. snippiest
  2. snippily
  3. snippiness
  4. snipping
  5. snippings
  6. snippish
  7. snippity
  8. snippock
  9. snippocks
  10. snippy
  11. snippy snip

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