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snappish

/snap-ish/US // ˈsnæp ɪʃ //

尖刻的,尖锐的,尖刻,尖刻的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
    • : disposed to speak or reply in an impatient or irritable manner.
    • : impatiently or irritably sharp; curt: a snappish reply.

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Examples

  • Baylor’s exasperated boss is played by Christina Vidal—she corrects him repeatedly and wearily, a suggestion that his snappish anxiety has alienated everyone around him.

  • The two were laughing: Mrs. Gum seemed in a less depressed state than usual, and the other less snappish.

  • His sharp teeth and snappish ways, and the bigness of his appearance when the fins are all displayed, keep the little fishes away.

  • When her feelings were touched she had a way of growing curt and terse, sometimes even snappish.

  • I dislike Mr. Cleremont; he is always saying snappish things, and is never happy, no matter how merry we are.

  • But as the romantically impatient and sometimes a bit snappish Mrs. Penniman would say, he had never gone far.