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Easily irritated or annoyed.
irritable
petulant
cranky
peevish
fractious
scratchy
tetchy
pettish
peckish
techy
ill-natured
1
The General began to turn a little
testy
as the constable finished.
2
She wasn't quite sure why she had been so
testy
with him.
3
Mr. Merrick left the office in a rather humbled and
testy
mood.
4
The fact that Tobe obviously recognized them only made him more
testy
.
5
There was real feeling in the
testy
old lady's face and voice.
6
The
testy
lead has added a big deposit to my Fear Reservoir.
7
Cosby arrived; a
testy
,
disagreeable man who loved money above everything else.
8
She could not believe Milly meant to take her
testy
remark seriously.
9
Her father was a
testy
old country gentleman, very irritable and obstinate.
10
At first the man was
testy
,
he did not seem to understand.
11
The somewhat
testy
answer is: we write for whoever will read our work.
12
Tax and jobs spark
testy
exchanges in the latest leaders' debate.
13
His agency's relations with Iran have become
testy
in recent months.
14
So why was I feeling so
testy
with him these days?
15
Yet the Fed's relationship with Congress has only grown more
testy
.
16
A run-in with a
testy
prosecutor concerning my report on his homicide victim.
testy
more testy
testy relationship
get testy
testy exchange
as testy