snappish

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Snappish, at times sneeringly so, she answered my questions with a brusque dismissiveness that made me think that she was doing this interview under duress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Snappish and repulsive as an old brown toad, the ancient Michelangelo hopped about the Holy City with "no thought that is not shaped by death."

From Time Magazine Archive