snippy

Senso (Inglese)

1. Fragmentary; snipped.
2. Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.
3. Stingy.

Concetti

irascibile

collerico

iracondo

nevrastenico

sinonimi

awkward

bilious

covetous

curmudgeonly

fault-finding

insolent

lubberly

parsimonious

scrappy

sharp

short

snappish

supercilious

tactless

iracund

Philistine

Traduzioni

سليط اللسان

iracund

aufbrausend

cholerisch

hitzköpfig

σκαιός

κοντός

βραχώς

colérique

irascible

fragmentarisch

humeurig

opvliegend

prikkelbaar

driftig

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine saterfriesisch: snippig

Affine olandese: snippig

Affine tedesco: schnippisch

In summary

From snip + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian snippig, snippich (“short, brief, blunt”), Dutch snippig (“snippy, shrill”), German Low German snippig (“snippy, snappy”), German schnippisch (“snippy, snappy”).