TECHIER

TECHY

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy

(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed; “an incorrigibly fractious young man”; “not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

techier

comparative form of techy

Anagrams

• chierte, erethic, etheric, heretic, heteric

Source: Wiktionary


TECHY

Tech"y, a. Etym: [From OE. tecche, tache, a habit, bad habit, vice, OF. tache, teche, a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice, F. tache a spot, blemish; probably akin to E. tack a small nail. See Tack a small nail, and cf. Touchy.]

Definition: Peevish; fretful; irritable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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