Category:Snappish

Snap"pish, a.

1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping Cur.

2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; Tart; peevish. The taunting address of a snappish missanthrope. Jeffrey. -- snap"pish*ly, adv. -- snap"pish*ness, n.