'Snappishness' definitions:
Definition of 'snappishness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness]
Definition of 'Snappishness'
From: GCIDE
- Snappish \Snap"pish\, a.
- 1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish. [1913 Webster]
- The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster] -- {Snap"pish*ly}, adv. -- {Snap"pish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]