teasyadj.
/ˈtiːzi/ colloquial and dialect.
a. Teasing, irritating.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adjective] > irritating
stinginga1250
provocativea1600
nettling1607
provokinga1643
provocating1651
urging1655
aggravating1685
irritating1707
piquing1794
enfevering1799
naggy1825
exasperative1837
raspish1854
exasperating1858
nagging1859
riling1860
provocatory1870
irritative1878
enraging1880
irritant1885
naggish1885
antagonizing1896
teasy1901
soddish1922
pissy1930
jerk1947
needling1958
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious > teasing
teasing1694
teasy1901
1901 J. H. Harris Luck of Wheal Veor 164 A poor woman wethout a man, an' three gert stramming maids to keep, es like a cow wethout a tail when the flies is taisey.
1908 19th Cent. Jan. 188 It's a teasy job.
1938 E. Pound Let. 8 May (1971) 315 I forget what he and Domenik have to say, but teckon it's teasy.
b. Bad-tempered, irritable, tetchy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective]
sharpc1000
impatient1377
out-sharpinga1382
teethya1500
fumish1523
testy1526
crabbed1535
tettish1567
peevish1577
kickish1589
splenetic1593
spleenful1594
tetchy1596
wasp-stung1598
touchy1602
spleeny1604
pruriginous1609
teety1621
splenitive1633
peltish1648
irritable1662
splenatic1663
splenetive1678
unheer1691
rusty1694
nettlesome1766
stingy1781
snarly1798
tutty1809
spleenical1818
rileya1824
nettly1825
edgy1837
porcupinal1846
shirty1846
raspish1854
peckish1857
streaky1860
owly1864
teasy1866
fussy1869
raspy1869
spiky1881
chippyc1885
tetchous1890
narky1895
snarky1906
ringy1907
snarkish1912
Scot1916
crooked1945
niggly1952
snooty1959
kvetchy1965
to be on the rag1967
sandpaper1976
gribble1984
splenous-
1866 T. R. Higham Dial. between Two Cornish Miners 5 My owld 'umman was..so taisy that I cudden live in the house.
1907 A. Quiller-Couch Major Vigoureux xvii. 167 He'll be as teasy as fire when he hears about it.
1931 C. C. Rogers Gwendra Cove 193 'E was a teasy oald bachelor, I reckon.
1976 J. C. Trewin in D. V. Baker Cornish Short Stories 135 ‘Go 'long, you teasy toad!’ shrilled Mrs Bosworthick.
Derivatives
ˈteasily adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [adverb]
impatiently1490
tetchily1647
touchily1658
testily1755
spleenishly1775
splenetically1779
edgily1837
irritably1855
shirtily1879
teethily1879
spleenfully1882
soreheadedly1883
teasily1928
rattily1938
snarkily1967
1928 A. Bennett in Daily Express 1 Sept. 5/5 ‘And what will Mrs. Meadowes say to all this Red politics?’ Alan demanded teasily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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