snappishness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

snappishness
    n 1: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper
         was well known to all his employees" [syn: {temper},
         {biliousness}, {irritability}, {peevishness},
         {pettishness}, {snappishness}, {surliness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Snappish \Snap"pish\, a.
   1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a
      snapping cur.
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   2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily
      provoked; tart; peevish.
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            The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope.
                                                  --Jeffrey.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Snap"pish*ly}, adv. --
      {Snap"pish*ness}, n.
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