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Meanings of testiness in English

Feeling easily irritated.

Synonyms
Examples for "touchiness"
Examples for "touchiness"
1
I was still too sick to concern myself with other people's touchiness.
Venus In Copper
2
The desert regions of the West seemed always to breed truculence and touchiness.
The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado
3
Allow me to tell you, that your petulance and touchiness are almost incredible.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 07
4
It had all the interests and all the touchiness of a State, and more.
The Mind in the Making: The Relation of Intelligence to Social R...
5
However that may be, you shall never be able to reproach me for touchiness.
A Laodicean : A Story of To-day
1
After two days of tetchiness, the public saw the much-discussed decency.
The Guardian
2
The frustration and tetchiness of the political leaders were tangible.
The Irish Times
3
Leysen pursed his lips, pausing for a moment to take note of her tetchiness.
Long time coming: a novel
4
Two Vatican documents have been the occasion for this new manifestation of ecumenical "tetchiness".
The Irish Times
5
Just the odd cramp, or a little tetchiness.
Moonburn
Usage of testiness in English
1
Galway hastened to call after the Doge in apology for his testiness.
Over the Pass
2
This could prompt a little testiness on your part, especially with partners.
Ebony
3
His fleshy face betrayed a testiness that his dark eyes immediately confirmed.
The charlemagne pursuit
4
The management consultant decided that testiness was what the situation now called for.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
5
The lady of honor with affected testiness addressed the Sleeping Beauty.
Everychild / A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young an...
6
His testiness was only like foam on the great wave of his resentment.
Clayhanger
7
With returning testiness the seigneur swung round to face him again.
Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
8
He had shown an inclination to testiness, and was less easily pleased than formerly.
The Circular Study
9
Maybe it was the fatherly gruffness, which for all its testiness was sort of comforting.
Layover in dubai
10
The smart home of the future won't be immune from the testiness that plagues any technology.
Wired
11
For the first time Leo displays some testiness:
Miller's crossing
12
This," said Cabal to the official, "is my brother, Horst." The official's testiness evaporated.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
13
The doctor interrupted, less out of charity for Mrs. Brenton than from his own impatient testiness.
The Brentons
14
His reputation for testiness came almost immediately.
Reuters
15
Her testiness was suddenly plain to him.
The Snare
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But the testiness of the Cretans on the other side developed a collision where none need have occurred.
The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II
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