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[syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snappish \Snap"pish\, a.
1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a
snapping cur.
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2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily
provoked; tart; peevish.
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The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope.
--Jeffrey.
[1913 Webster] -- Snap"pish*ly, adv. --
Snap"pish*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
snappishness
n 1: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper
was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper,
biliousness, irritability, peevishness,
pettishness, snappishness, surliness]