tetchy

tetch·y

also tech·y (tĕch′ē)adj. tetch·i·er, tetch·i·est also tech·i·er or tech·i·est Peevish; testy: "As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and limited in responses" (James Wolcott).

[Probably from Middle English tache, teche, blemish (influenced by touchy), from Old French tache, teche, from Vulgar Latin *tacca, from Gothic taikns, sign; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

tetch′i·ly adv.tetch′i·ness n.

tetchy

(ˈtɛtʃɪ) adj, tetchier or tetchiestbeing or inclined to be cross, irritable, or touchy[C16: probably from obsolete tetch defect, from Old French tache spot, of Germanic origin] ˈtetchily adv ˈtetchiness n

tetch•y

(ˈtɛtʃ i)

adj. tetch•i•er, tetch•i•est. irritable; touchy. [1585–95; perhaps b. touchy and dial. tetch mark, spot < Middle French] tetch′i•ly, adv. tetch′i•ness, n.

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Adj.

tetchy - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, scratchy, nettlesome, peckish, cranky, fractiousill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

tetchy

adjective irritable, cross, grumpy, crabbed, impatient, snappy, sullen, touchy, bad-tempered, petulant, irascible, cantankerous, peppery, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, quarrelsome, chippy (informal), fretful, short-tempered, waspish, peevish, quick-tempered, splenetic, snappish, liverish, captious You always get tetchy when you're hungry.

tetchy

also techy
adjectiveEasily annoyed:choleric, irascible, peppery, quick-tempered, testy, touchy.

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adj irritable

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adj easily annoyed

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adj easily irritated or annoyed

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