snappishness

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snap·pish (sn

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adj.

1. Likely to snap or bite, as a dog.

2. Irritable and curt: a snappish tone of voice; a snappish debating partner.

snappish·ly adv.

snappish·ness n.

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Noun

snappishness - a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

pettishness, surliness, biliousness, peevishness, irritability, temper

ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition

querulousness - the quality of being given to complaining

Translations

snappishness [ˈsnæpɪʃnɪs] N [of person] → irritabilidad f; [of reply] → brusquedad f, sequedad f

snappishness

n (lit, fig) → Bissigkeit f

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