Snappishness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/snˈæpɪʃnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/snˈapɪʃnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/snˈapɪʃnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /snˈæpɪʃnəs/.

Examples

his temper was well known to all his employees

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

temper surliness peevishness biliousness irritability pettishness

Parts of Speech

noun	a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger “his temper was well known to all his employees”

Word Forms

temper	verb	restrain
irritable	adjective	easily irritated or annoyed
pettish	adjective	easily irritated or annoyed
snappish	adjective	apt to speak irritably
surly	adjective	inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Bissigkeit

eine Neigung, unkontrollierte Wut zu zeigen

🇫🇷French

vivacité

une disposition à manifester une colère incontrôlée

🇪🇸Spanish

irritabilidad

una disposición a exhibir ira incontrolada

🇮🇹Italian

sbrigatività

una disposizione a mostrare rabbia incontrollata

🇳🇱Dutch

snauwheid

een neiging om ongecontroleerde woede te tonen

🇵🇹Portuguese

irritabilidade

uma disposição para exibir raiva descontrolada

🇷🇺Russian

брюзгливость

склонность проявлять неконтролируемый гнев

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तड़क-भड़क

अनियंत्रित क्रोध प्रदर्शित करने की प्रवृत्ति

🇮🇳Tamil

நொறுக்குத் தன்மை

கட்டுப்பாடற்ற கோபத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தும் குணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

sappishness

అనియంత్రిత కోపాన్ని ప్రదర్శించే స్వభావం

🇮🇳Marathi

चपळपणा

अनियंत्रित राग प्रदर्शित करण्याचा स्वभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્નેપિશનેસ

અનિયંત્રિત ગુસ્સો પ્રદર્શિત કરવાનો સ્વભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ಷುಲ್ಲಕತೆ

ಅನಿಯಂತ್ರಿತ ಕೋಪವನ್ನು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸುವ ಸ್ವಭಾವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്നാപ്പിഷ്നെസ്സ്

അനിയന്ത്രിതമായ കോപം പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കാനുള്ള ഒരു സ്വഭാവം

🇵🇰Urdu

چڑچڑاپن

بے قابو غصے کو ظاہر کرنے کا مزاج

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

暴躁

表现出无法控制的愤怒的倾向

🇯🇵Japanese

きびきびとした

制御不能な怒りを示す性質

🇰🇷Korean

경솔함

통제되지 않은 분노를 나타내는 성향

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự cáu kỉnh

một khuynh hướng thể hiện sự tức giận không kiểm soát được

🇹🇭Thai

ความว่องไว

นิสัยที่จะแสดงความโกรธที่ไม่สามารถควบคุมได้

🇮🇩Indonesian

ketajaman

kecenderungan untuk menunjukkan kemarahan yang tidak terkendali

🇵🇭Filipino

kakulitan

isang disposisyon na magpakita ng hindi makontrol na galit

🇲🇾Malay

kerenah

kecenderungan untuk menunjukkan kemarahan yang tidak terkawal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سرعة

التصرف في إظهار الغضب غير المنضبط

🇮🇷Persian

سرخوردگی

تمایل به نشان دادن خشم کنترل نشده

🇹🇷Turkish

çabukluk

kontrolsüz öfke sergileme eğilimi

🇮🇱Hebrew

קפיציות

נטייה להפגין כעס בלתי נשלט

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