tetchy

Speech parts

1. tetchy - Adjective

2. tetchy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

See Techy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

irritable petulant scratchy cranky peevish testy techy fractious peckish pettish nettlesome moody niggle crabby huffy
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Antonyms

cool as cucumber composed controlled collected cool happy
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Related terms

tetchiness tetchily

Derivatives

tetchier tetchiest

Anagrams

chetty

Examples

I hate alarms. If they go off I get really tetchy. I hate them. They just get me going, I'm hyper at the best of times, but they drive me mad. Kirsty Gallacher

an incorrigibly fractious young man Source: Internet

not the least nettlesome of his countrymen Source: Internet

I get tetchy and childish, behave oddly and generally make the girlfriends eyes roll as "Sunday MG" throws another tantrum. Source: Internet

Any way I am back to work today after 5 months off with stress – they finally agreed to change my linemanager who is tetchy to say the least and officious to the nth degree. Source: Internet

Or, almost nothing: the tetchy bachelor of Frankfurt can have a weird effect on folks. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tetchiest tetchily tetchiness tete tete de violin tete-a-tete