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SNAPPISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snappish mean? 

SNAPPISH (adjective)
  The adjective SNAPPISH has 1 sense:

1. apt to speak irritablyplay

  Familiarity information: SNAPPISH used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SNAPPISH (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Apt to speak irritably

Synonyms:

snappish; snappy

Context example:

a snappish tone of voice

Similar:

ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

Derivation:

snappishness (a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger)


 Context examples 


"We're tolerable, sir, I thank you," replied Grace, lifting the boiling mess carefully on to the hob: "rather snappish, but not 'rageous."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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