snappish

• Appleton's voice was snappish, demanding the attention of the other players in the drama. —  BEWITCHING FAMILIAR
• Not only because he seems so comfortable with the topic of war you wonder if he's itching to find the next one - but more because his snappish, pandering, overly self-certain answers make me think his * way of thinking* (yes: his judgment) is a lot more like that of GW Bush than I previously thought. —  Jason Clarke's meta feed
• His aides aren't perfect, but given the level of chatter in the political echo chamber doubting their work, you'd expect them to be more snappish or bleary-eyed. —  One Thousand Reasons
• Roberts uses her coltish, snappish, sexiness to seduce us as well as Ray, and Owen opens up a vein of comic vulnerability and schlemielhood beneath the Bondishness. —  Movie City News
• I fancy Mr. Hammond is taking advantage of your good nature He is not You are positively snappish, Ruth," complained Tom. —  Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point

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