snappish

Definition

Likely to snap or bite.

Etymology

From snap + -ish.

Example Sentences

• "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; […]"
• "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."