snappish

🇬🇧 UK/'snæpiʃ/🇺🇸 US
GREB2

Definitions

adj.

Inclined to speak irritably or curtly; likely to snap or bite.

厉声说话的;没好气的;爱咬人的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
snappishother
=snappish

Common Collocations

  • 1.snappish reply没好气的回答
  • 2.snappish tone不耐烦的语气
  • 3.[snappish manner]急躁的态度
  • 4.grow snappish变得暴躁

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He became snappish when asked the same question for the third time.

  • 2.

    The exhausted nurse grew snappish with patients by the end of her shift.

  • 3.

    Don't take it personally — she's always snappish before her morning coffee.

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