snippiness

snippiness
The quality of being snippy.

Emmas snippiness did not endear her to her co-workers.


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  • snippiness — n. sharpness, curtness, rudeness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • snippiness — snip·pi·ness …   English syllables

  • snippiness — pēnə̇s, pin noun ( es) : the quality or state of being snippy …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fox News Channel controversies — Critics of Fox News Channel have accused the network of having a bias favoring the political right and the Republican Party. Fox News has publicly denied such charges,[1] stating that the reporters in the newsroom provide separate, neutral… …   Wikipedia

  • snippy — snippily, adv. snippiness, snippetiness, n. /snip ee/, adj., snippier, snippiest. 1. sharp or curt, esp. in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent. 2. scrappy or fragmentary. Also, snippety /snip i tee/. [1720 30; SNIP + Y1] * * * …   Universalium

  • snippy — 1727, parsimonious; 1848, fault finding, sharp, from SNIP (Cf. snip) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Snippily; snippiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • snippy — adjective (snippier, snippiest) informal curt or sharp tongued. Derivatives snippily adverb snippiness noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • snippy — [snip′ē] adj. snippier, snippiest 1. made up of small scraps or snips; fragmentary 2. Informal curt, sharp, or snappish, esp. in an insolent manner snippily adv. snippiness n …   English World dictionary

  • snippy — adj. (snippier, snippiest) colloq. fault finding, snappish, sharp. Derivatives: snippily adv. snippiness n …   Useful english dictionary

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