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snappish

adj
/ˈsnæpɪʃ/

Etymology

From snap + -ish.

  1. derived from *snep-✻
  2. derived from *snappōną✻ — “to snap; snatch; chatter”
  3. derived from *snappōn✻
  4. borrowed from snappen — “to bite; seize”
  5. borrowed from snappen — “to bite; seize”
  6. suffixed as snappish — “snap + ish”

Definitions

  1. 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; […]

  2. Exhibiting irritation or impatience

    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.
    • She heard her own voice, snappish and rude, and pressed a hand to her head.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for snappish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA