snappish (Meaning)
snappish (s)
apt to speak irritably
Synonyms & Antonyms of snappish
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- belligerent
- out of sorts
- pugnacious
- bearish
- scrappy
- cross-grained
- disagreeable
- perverse
- combative
- pouty
- ill-humored
- sulky
- quick-tempered
- sullen
- bellicose
- short
- surly
- ill-natured
- fractious
- snippety
- prickly
- contentious
- curmudgeonly
- fretful
- thin-skinned
- tetchy
- snappy
- argumentative
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- stuffy
- snarly
- off-color
- truculent
- touchy
- huffy
- cantankerous
- quarrelsome
- querulous
- ill-tempered
- disputatious
- ornery
- ratty
- off-colored
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snappish Sentence Examples
- The lack of sleep made him unusually snappish, snapping at even the slightest inconvenience.
- Her snappish response startled everyone in the room, betraying her underlying frustration.
- Despite his best efforts to remain calm, his colleague's constant interruptions made him increasingly snappish.
- The stress of the deadline made her snappish, reacting sharply to any questions or suggestions.
- His snappish tone conveyed his impatience with the repetitive inquiries.
- The long hours of work had left him feeling irritable and snappish.
- She apologized for her snappish behavior, attributing it to a hectic day at work.
- The heatwave seemed to make everyone more snappish than usual.
- His snappish remarks alienated his friends, who found it difficult to engage with him.
- The customer service representative's snappish attitude only escalated the already tense situation.
FAQs About the word snappish
apt to speak irritably
irritable,fiery, passionate, pettish, sensitive, testy, cranky, crabby, cross, peevish
sweet, companionable, affable, extraverted, outgoing, agreeable, outgoing, extraverted, gregarious, extroverted
The lack of sleep made him unusually snappish, snapping at even the slightest inconvenience.
Her snappish response startled everyone in the room, betraying her underlying frustration.
Despite his best efforts to remain calm, his colleague's constant interruptions made him increasingly snappish.
The stress of the deadline made her snappish, reacting sharply to any questions or suggestions.