Easily irritated or annoyed.
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.
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