1. most irritable, short-tempered, or rudely brief in speech or manner
Usage: superlative form of snippy

Examples

• She was at her snippiest when interrupted during work.
• The customer service representative became snippiest after dealing with complaints all day.
• He’s always snippiest in the morning before his coffee.
• The teacher was snippiest with students who hadn’t done their homework.
• Even the snippiest person can have a change of heart.
• She gave her snippiest response when asked about the delay.