Meaning & use
snippy
Speaking in a short, irritable, or curt manner, often out of annoyance.
See it in a sentence
The cashier got snippy with customers after standing at the register all day.
Her snippy reply to a simple question surprised everyone at the meeting.
A note on using this word
Snippy is informal and describes tone rather than content; it suggests mild rudeness rather than real anger.
Words with a similar meaning
curtshort-temperedtesty
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Words with an opposite meaning
pleasantcourteous
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