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English Dictionary: snappish by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snappish
adj
  1. apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice" [syn: snappish, snappy]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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 misanthrope.
                                                                              --Jeffrey.
            -- {Snap"pish*ly}, adv. -- {Snap"pish*ness}, n.
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