tetchy

Adjective
Synonyms: crankyfractiousirritablenettlesomepeevishpeckishpettishpetulantscratchytestytechy

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)tetchier, tetchiest

  1. easily irritated or annoyed“an incorrigibly fractious young man”“not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”Synonyms: crankyfractiousirritablenettlesomepeevishpeckishpettishpetulantscratchytestytechyOpposite good-naturedSimilar ill-natured

Related words testiness noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Tetch′y adjective

See Techy. William Shakespeare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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