techy

Adjective

Synonyms: cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish peckish pettish petulant scratchy testy tetchy

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

easily irritated or annoyed“an incorrigibly fractious young man”“not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”Synonyms: cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish peckish pettish petulant scratchy testy tetchy

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Techy \Tech"y\, a. [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.] Peevish; fretful; irritable. [1913 Webster]