snappish

(snăp'ĭsh)
adj.

1. Likely to snap or bite, as a dog.
2. Irritable and curt: a snappish tone of voice; a snappish debating partner.

snappishly snap'pish·ly adv.
snappishness snap'pish·ness n.

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adjective

Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal crabby, mean². Idioms: out of sorts. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

For a list of words related to snappish, see:

• Cold, Unfriendly, Irritable, or Cruel
• Angry, Emotional, Aggressive, or Passionate

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See words rhyming with "snappish."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kort for hovedet, bidsk

Nederlands (Dutch)
snibbig

Français (French)
adj. - hargneux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bissig, schnippisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δαγκανιάρης, απότομος, κακότροπος

Italiano (Italian)
stizzoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mal humorado, impertinente, intratável

Русский (Russian)
придирчивый, раздражительный, грубый, отрывистый, кусачий, неспокойный (о море)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - áspero, agrio, mordaz

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bitsk, arg, snäsig, argsint

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
爱咬人的, 坏心眼的, 爱骂人的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 愛咬人的, 壞心眼的, 愛罵人的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무는 버릇이 있는, 딱딱거리는, 퉁명스러운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - がみがみ言う, 怒りっぽい, かみつく癖のある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نزق أو سريع ألغضب, فظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עונה בגסות, חד-לשון, קצר-רוח, עצבני, גס‬

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