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    tetchy
    /ˈtɛtʃi/

    adjective

    • 1. irritable and bad-tempered: "she had always been tetchy and impatient with him"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTETCHY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    TETCHY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of tetchy in English. tetchy. adjective. uk / ˈtetʃ.i / us / ˈtetʃ.i / Add to word list. easily made angry, unhappy, or upset: Be careful what you say to Anna - she's been a little tetchy lately. Synonyms. cranky (BAD-TEMPERED) mainly US informal. fractious. irritable. peevish.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › tetchyTetchy Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : irritably or peevishly sensitive : touchy. the tetchy manner of two women living in the same house Elizabeth Taylor †1975. tetchily. ˈte-chə-lē. adverb. tetchiness. ˈte-chē-nəs. noun. Did you know? One of the first cited uses of tetchy occurs in William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (1596).

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTETCHY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you say that someone is tetchy, you mean they are bad-tempered and likely to get angry suddenly without an obvious reason. [ mainly British , informal ] You always get tetchy when you're hungry.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryTETCHY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    adjective. us / ˈtetʃ.i / uk / ˈtetʃ.i / Add to word list. easily made angry, unhappy, or upset: Be careful what you say to Anna - she's been a little tetchy lately. Synonyms. cranky (BAD-TEMPERED) mainly US informal. fractious. irritable. peevish. petulant disapproving. testy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad-tempered.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › tetchyTetchy - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    If you're feeling tetchy, you're irritable or easily annoyed. Stepping in a puddle on your way to school and spending the whole day with cold, wet socks might make you tetchy.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › tetchyTETCHY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Tetchy definition: irritable; touchy.. See examples of TETCHY used in a sentence.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › tetchyTetchy - definition of tetchy by The Free Dictionary

    tetchy - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishtetchy adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of tetchy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › tetchyTetchy Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Adjective. Base Form: tetchy. Comparative:

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryTETCHY - All you need to know about it | Collins English ...

    If you say that someone is tetchy, you mean they are bad-tempered and likely to get angry suddenly without an obvious reason. [mainly British, informal] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'tetchy' American English: tɛtʃi British English: tetʃi. More. Synonyms of 'tetchy' • irritable, cross, grumpy, crabbed [...] More. Examples of 'tetchy' in a sentence