Snappish
['snæpɪʃ]
Definition
(adj.) apt to speak irritably; 'a snappish tone of voice' .
Edited by Johanna--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
(a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
Checker: Percy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Touchy, testy, crabbed, cross, crusty, irascible, waspish, petulant, perverse, froward, pettish, snarling, peevish, captious, churlish, splenetic, censorious, acrimonious, ill-tempered, out of sorts.
Edited by Hilda
Examples
- We're tolerable, sir, I thank you, replied Grace, lifting the boiling mess carefully on to the hob: rather snappish, but not 'rageous. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Bidding the other passengers good-night, in a rather snappish manner, the stranger alighted. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Edited by Hilda