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as in blunt
being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner
snippy remarks about the quality of the food at the church picnic
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as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
feeling snippy after a long day of work
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as in arrogant
self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance
I get tired of his snippy insistence that emulating the rich and famous is the only way to appear successful
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Recent Examples of snippy
The organization sifts through reports of rudeness, terse emails, and snippy interactions, and finds reduced productivity and absenteeism costing companies’ bottom line.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2025
The snippy robot begins the film with her body destroyed but her ego as big as ever.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
The Next Generations and had recurring roles as the snippy Emma Johnson on NBC’s 227 and as a judge on ABC’s The Practice.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 21 June 2025
Television reviewer Gary Deeb has been described as arrogant, snippy, opinionated, demanding and a host of other adjectives, some printable.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
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The coroner determined that the cause of death was traumatic blunt force injuries and the manner of death was an accident.—
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Top women executives have also been blunt about the tradeoffs of work and life.—
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Some of the consequences of owing your body sleep are readily apparent, like feeling drowsy, irritable, or brain-foggy, or catching seemingly every virus.—
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Accompanying Rayner through these daily adventures were the irritable duck Chelveston (named after his English bomber base) and the gentle dog puppet Cuddly Dudley.—
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This version of Ryan was arrogant, unable to conceal pride in his accomplishment.—
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So long as that situation continues, the 43-year-old’s allegedly arrogant and stand-offish treatment of his players will not worry the club hierarchy too much.—
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He was originally signed as a depth linebacker but was forced into the starting lineup following the abrupt departure of Josey Jewell before training camp.—
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The abrupt vote, however, sparked near-immediate backlash from the community.—
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But that poem is no smug cliché.—
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Marcello is looking especially smug and evil in this scene for reasons unclear.—
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The host and White House correspondent had a curt reaction to the president's lengthy social media rant.—
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After reinforcing her skills as a curt, potent writer with an uncannily keen handle on late-’90s and early-aughts pop culture, the 24-year-old puts her peers and influences on the remixes.—
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Jonathan’s making pretentious anti-capitalist films at NYU.—
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But Keens is not a pretentious place.—
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Approved by The Boss himself, the live-music and storytelling show finds Azaria slipping into his best Springsteen guise for a night of gruff tales and greatest hits.—
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The gory skit ends with the gruff older man rushing through the door to announce he’s made amends with his son, only to have his head sliced off by the flying chainsaw.—
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“Snippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snippy. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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