TESTY

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


Etymology

Adjective

testy (comparative testier, superlative testiest)

Easily annoyed, irritable.

Marked by impatience or ill humor.

Synonyms

• touchy

• tetchy

Anagrams

• Setty, tyets, yetts

Source: Wiktionary


Tes"ty, a. [Compar. Testier; superl. Testiest.] Etym: [OF. testu obstinate, headstrong, F. tĂȘtu, fr. OF. teste the head, F. tĂȘte. See Test a cupel.]

Definition: Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated. Must I observe you must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor Shak. I was displeased with myself; I was testy. Latimer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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