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Adjective
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Coupled with erratic blood sugar levels – often caused by diets high in refined sugars and low in nutrients – these energy dips and spikes can leave you feeling irritable and drained.—
Lina Begdache,
The Conversation,
7 Jan. 2025 -
This can contribute to symptoms such as fatigue, muscle aches, and irritable mood.—
Rosanna Sutherby, PharmD,
Verywell Health,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Everyone within her radius bears the germophobe’s wrath, with the only one who can occasionally pierce through her bilious anger being her upbeat hair-stylist sister Chantal (Michelle Austin), a mother of two vibrant daughters.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2025
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The piece ran under an illustration of a black spatula dripping sinister goblets of melting plastic, against a background of bilious green.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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And there was a bar in the basement, a brilliant bar with a fantastically grumpy bar lady called Eileen.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
3 Jan. 2025
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The cat's owner went to sit on the couch without realizing his grumpy cat was already there in his spot.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The film’s co-star, Diane Kruger, plays several roles, notably Karsh’s late wife (seen in flashback) and her snappish veterinarian-turned-dog-groomer sister.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2024
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Keynes is a snappish but patient listener.—
Maggie Lange,
Washington Post,
19 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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As Queenie, navigating empty relationships and professional disappointments on a journey from self-sabotage to self-worth, Brown makes a whole person from a variety of attitudes — hopeful, hopeless, hungover, exuberant, fretful, thoughtful.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Dec. 2024
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Too many young people are anxious, fretful and socially isolated.—
Sarah Lent,
Forbes,
21 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The songs are muscular and syncretic as ever, but the normally peevish rapper doesn’t maintain his trolling energy for the full record, settling into a questioning and pensive pace.—
Stephen Kearse,
TIME,
8 Dec. 2024
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For all that, his Arthur remains a lowly outsider, with a downcast gaze, a peevish temper, and a deep well of melancholy that never feels one-note.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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Instead we got stuck with a petulant child (who has grown up since then).—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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The male characters are, typically, petulant narcissists with perpetual sneers who insult and cajole their female love interests into almost invariably unhealthy relationships.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The irascible superstar was suspended by the team after demanding to be traded, with the Warriors reportedly one of his preferred destinations.—
Evan Webeck,
The Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2025
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As Bears coach, Ditka was confident enough in his position to accept the involvement of the irascible, disrespectful but skillful defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan as necessary to the team’s Super Bowl success.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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“Snuffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffy. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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