"snappish" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsnæpɪʃ/ Audio: en-au-snappish.ogg Forms: more snappish [comparative], most snappish [superlative]
Rhymes: -æpɪʃ Etymology: From snap + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snap|ish}} snap + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} snappish (comparative more snappish, superlative most snappish)
  1. Likely to snap or bite. Translations (likely to snap or bite): хаплив (hapliv) (Bulgarian), pureva (Finnish), harneux (French), bissig (German), mordax (Latin), bitsk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-snappish-en-adj-TIJ7gBzv Disambiguation of 'likely to snap or bite': 100 0
  2. Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible. Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (exhibiting irritation): сприхав (sprihav) (Bulgarian), раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) (Bulgarian), kärkevä (Finnish), tiuskiva (Finnish), hargneux (French), patzig (German), schnippisch (German), snäsig (Swedish), argsint (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-snappish-en-adj-W~CcPfat Disambiguation of Emotions: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'exhibiting irritation': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: snappishly, snappishness
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