snippy

Adjective

Meaning

fragmentary; snipped.

irritable; impatient; short-tempered.

stingy.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

curt quick abrupt impudent catty brusque brusk sniffy aphoristic snippety short-spoken

Antonyms

gracious verbose circuitous long-winded prolix

Related terms

snipper snippy snip snippetiness

Examples

A snippy email I sent to an American last week hinged on the word “unideal”, a neutral term to American ears, but to a Brit, clearly, signifying a curse on you and your family for a thousand years. Source: Internet

As this angular, snippy, delightfully soulless comedy spirals to a close, it closes the brackets, not just on "Matt LeBlanc's" post- life, but on the fascinating clutch of meta-spinoffs that spawned — with help from the Friends themselves. Source: Internet

I shifted in my seat and glared at the GPS system, mentally daring it to fall onto my knees again and that snippy little voice would soon find itself flung out the window to boss all the New Hampshire roadside bushes around for the rest of its sorry life! Source: Internet

When it didn’t come, I got a little snippy and it started a huge fight.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

snippish snippity snippock snippy snip snips snipy