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- pronunciation:
- te
sti
part of speech: |
adjective |
inflections: |
testier, testiest |
definition 1: |
easily annoyed or angered; irritable; touchy.
She was testy this morning, and I thought it best to leave her alone and avoid being snapped at.- synonyms:
- cantankerous, crabby, crotchety, grouchy, irascible, irritable, touchy
- antonyms:
- good-humored
- similar words:
- bad-tempered, choleric, cranky, cross, dyspeptic, grumpy, huffy, ill-natured, moody, out of sorts, peevish, petulant, snappish, snappy, splenetic, temperamental, ticklish
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definition 2: |
exhibiting impatience, annoyance, or exasperation.
He regretted his testy retort when he saw how it stung the boy.- synonyms:
- irascible
- similar words:
- brusque, cross, curt, ill-natured, impatient
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related words: |
angry, bilious, perverse, querulous, short, sour, surly, waspish |
derivations: |
testily (adv.), testiness (n.) |
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