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temperament. 2 curt, short, abrupt, brusque, curmudgeonly,
cantankerous, sharp, cross, grouchy, gruff, cranky, crusty,
crabby, crabbed, acid, tart, acerbic, churlish, dyspeptic,
choleric, splenetic, ill-humoured, ill-tempered, temperamental,
moody, Brit snappy: Grandad tended to be snappish when he
became impatient with our lack of experience.
snappy adj. 1 quick, sharp, brisk, smart, crisp, lively, rapid,
speedy: If you want to come with us, you'd better make it
snappy. 2 fashionable, chic, sharp, smart, stylish, dapper,
modish, Colloq natty, Brit trendy: Your new friend is a very
snappy dresser, isn't he?
snare n. 1 trap, net, springe, noose, gin: They had caught only a
pigeon in the snare.
--v. 2 trap, catch, entrap, seize, capture, ensnare: Using a
different bait, William snared some partridges.
snarl° v. 1 growl; snap: I admit I found three snarling Dobermans a
bit off-putting. The clerk snarled at me when I asked for a
form.
--n. 2 growl: With a snarl the dog leapt at his throat.
snarlý v. 1 Often, snarl up. tangle, entangle, complicate, confuse,
scramble, muddle, twist, mix or mess up, Colloq ball up, screw
up: This situation is so snarled up that we'll never straighten
it out. 2 tangle, entangle, knot, twist, ravel, jam, kink: The
rope won't feed through the pulley because it's all snarled.
--n. 3 tangle, entanglement, complexity, snag, problem,
difficulty, complication, muddle, mess, predicament, fix,
quandary, dilemma, Colloq snarl-up, tight spot, pickle: The
situation was full of snarls and problems. 4 jungle, maze,
labyrinth, knot: The drain was clogged by a snarl of hair.
snatch v. 1 grab, grasp, seize, clasp, clutch, pluck, take (hold of),
catch, lay hold of, wrest, latch on to, capture, snap up, win,
get, lay or get one's hands on: The thief snatched her purse
and ran away. One must snatch every available opportunity for
happiness. 2 Chiefly US kidnap, abduct: They snatched the kid
and are holding him for ransom. 3 save, rescue, deliver,