snappish

Likely to snap or bite, as a dog.

Irritable and curt.

Ready or apt to snap or bite: as, a snappish cur.

Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or tartly; tart; crabbed; also, proceeding from a sharp temper or from anger; also, chiding; scolding; faultfinding.

Synonyms Touchy, testy, crusty, petulant, pettish, splenetic.

Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite.

Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.

Likely to snap or bite.

Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.

apt to speak irritably