Snappishness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snappishness
       n : a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was
           well known to all his employees" [syn: {temper}, {biliousness},
            {irritability}, {peevishness}, {pettishness}, {surliness}]