snarling

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crusty adj.
irritable adj.
sarcastic adj.
satiric adj.
scoffing adj.

ADJECTIVE

crusty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brusque cranky gruff irascible prickly sarcastic

WEAK

abrupt bluff blunt brief cantankerous captious choleric crabbed crabby cross curt dour harsh ill-humored peevish saturnine scornful short short-tempered snappish snippety snippy splenetic surly testy touchy vinegary

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cheerful happy kind nice pleasant polite

WEAK

flexible pliable pliant soft soggy

ADJECTIVE

irritable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annoyed contentious exasperated fractious petulant prickly resentful surly testy

WEAK

bearish brooding cantankerous carping choleric complaining crabbed cross crotchety disputatious dissatisfied dyspeptic easily offended fiery fretful fretting gloomy grouchy grumbling hasty hot huffy hypercritical ill-humored irascible moody morose out of humor oversensitive peevish plaintive querulous quick-tempered sensitive snappy tense touchy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

happy pleasant

WEAK

cheerful nice

ADJECTIVE

sarcastic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acerbic acid arrogant biting bitter brusque caustic derisive disparaging disrespectful mordant sardonic satirical saucy trenchant

WEAK

acerb acrimonious austere backhanded captious carping chaffing contemptuous contumelious corrosive cussed cutting cynical disillusioned evil hostile irascible ironical mean needling offensive ornery salty scorching scornful scurrilous severe sharp smart-alecky sneering taunting twitting weisenheiming

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bland calm complimentary courteous kind mild nice polite respectful sweet

ADJECTIVE

satiric

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acerbic biting caustic corrosive mocking mordant sardonic satirical trenchant

WEAK

acerb acid acrimonious arrogant austere backhanded bitter brusque captious carping chaffing contemptuous contumelious cussed cutting cynical derisive disillusioned disparaging disrespectful evil hostile irascible ironical jeering mean needling offensive ornery salty saucy scoffing scorching scornful scurrilous severe sharp smart-alecky sneering taunting twitting weisenheiming

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm kind mild nice

ADJECTIVE

scoffing

Synonyms

STRONG

acid backhanded biting bitter carping caustic chaffing corrosive cussed cutting disillusioned disparaging evil hostile jeering mean mocking mordant needling offensive scorching sharp sneering taunting twitting

WEAK

acerb acerbic acrimonious arrogant austere brusque captious contemptuous contumelious cynical derisive disrespectful irascible ironical ornery salty sardonic satiric satirical saucy scornful scurrilous severe smart-alecky trenchant weisenheiming

Antonyms

STRONG

agreeable bland calm complimentary good honest kind mild nice pleasant sweet

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snarling

Before City's 4-0 win, the new arrival had been warned about the intensity Newcastle's midfielders played and pressed with at their snarling best.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

That made its giant beast gods feel real too, along with their snarling rage against annihilation.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Thousands of members of a powerful Philippine religious sect rallied in Manila on Tuesday, snarling traffic as they protested the expected arrest of a senator and church member.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

As Lisa, the dedicated troublemaker, King Princess exudes a snarling antagonism toward just about anyone and anything.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Ignoring the snarling farm dogs, he found his way along a track to a grassy rise to watch the flashes in the southern sky.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

snarling

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