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snark·y

(snär

) KEY

ADJECTIVE:
Slang snark·i·er, snark·i·est

Irritable or short-tempered; irascible.

ETYMOLOGY:
From dialectal snark, to nag, from snark, snork, to snore, snort, from Dutch and Low German snorken, of imitative origin

OTHER FORMS:
snarki·ly(Adverb)

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