snappish

Example Sentences

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As a result, their caretakers and fellow creatures give them a wide berth, which only makes them more lonely, mistrustful, and snappish than before.

From Literature

Full of snappy and snappish dialogue, the book imagines a carnival-esque week’s idyll in the “shantytown of millionaires” that was 1950s Malibu.

From Los Angeles Times

Sometimes he was snappish, and sometimes just whiny, but always bristling.

From Salon

That means that when characters are being snappish, they lack the charm that should keep us rooting for them.

From Washington Post

Lulu has been traumatized by her experiences on the front lines and is skittish and snappish.

From Seattle Times