sharp+snappish

  • 71curt — [adj] abrupt, rude blunt, breviloquent, brief, brusque, churlish, compendiary, compendious, concise, crusty, gruff, imperious, laconic, offhand, peremptory, pithy, sharp, short, short and sweet, snappish, snippety, snippy, succinct, summary, tart …

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  • 72prickly — [adj1] thorny or difficult annoying, barbed, bothersome, brambly, briery, bristly, complicated, echinated, intricate, involved, knotty, nettlesome, pointed, sharp, spiny, stimulating, ticklish, tricky, troublesome, trying; concepts 485,565 Ant.… …

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  • 73snappy — [adj1] nasty, irritable cross, disagreeable, edgy, fractious, hasty, huffy, petulant, quick tempered, snappish, tart, testy, touchy, waspish; concepts 267,401 Ant. happy, nice, pleasant snappy [adj2] fashionable chic, classy, dapper, dashing,… …

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  • 74snippy — [adj] curt abrupt, blunt, brief, brusque, churlish, gruff, impertinent, rude, sharp, sharptongued, snappish, snippety; concept 267 …

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  • 75tart — [adj] bitter, sour in taste or effect acerb, acerbic, acetose, acid, acidulous, acrimonious, astringent, barbed, biting, caustic, cutting, dry, harsh, nasty, piquant, pungent, scathing, sharp, short, snappish, snappy, snippy, tangy, testy,… …

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  • 76snippy — [snip′ē] adj. snippier, snippiest 1. made up of small scraps or snips; fragmentary 2. Informal curt, sharp, or snappish, esp. in an insolent manner snippily adv. snippiness n …

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  • 77snippy — adj. (snippier, snippiest) colloq. fault finding, snappish, sharp. Derivatives: snippily adv. snippiness n …

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  • 78snap´ping|ly — snap|ping «SNAP ihng», adjective. 1. making quick attempts to bite, as an animal. 2. snappish: »to talk in a snapping tone. 3. making a sharp, cracking or clicking sound: »a snapping, clicker toy. 4. flashing, as eyes. –snap´ping|ly, adverb …

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  • 79snap|ping — «SNAP ihng», adjective. 1. making quick attempts to bite, as an animal. 2. snappish: »to talk in a snapping tone. 3. making a sharp, cracking or clicking sound: »a snapping, clicker toy. 4. flashing, as eyes. –snap´ping|ly, adverb …

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