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pissy

pissy

22 9.6
Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɪsi/
  • Offensive
: irritable
  • She became pissy when her friends forgot her birthday.
  • get pissy
  • pissy mood
  • really pissy

Why have that kind of weird pissy energy?

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Examples

Synonyms

angry
vspissy
∞ 1.0

Feeling very annoyed or upset

is lower in intensity and centers on petty unpleasantness
pissed
vspissy
  • Informal
631 8.4

Feeling very angry or annoyed

is milder but nastier, focusing on petty unpleasantness
pissed off
vspissy
  • Informal
235 8.6

Very angry or annoyed

is less intense and more about petty, unpleasant mood
annoyed
vspissy
143 1.0

Feeling a little angry or bothered by something small

is a more general petty and unpleasant irritability rather than slight anger
cranky
vspissy
108 4.2

Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry

is more petty and unpleasant rather than just complaining
grumpy
vspissy
80 1.7

Easily annoyed and in a bad mood

is moodier and more petty or unpleasant in tone
testy
vspissy
33 7.2

Easily annoyed and quick to get angry

is similar but more petty and unpleasant than merely impatient
irritable
vspissy
30 3.7

Quick to become annoyed or angry

is annoyed in a petty and unpleasant way
crabby
vspissy
  • Informal
25 5.4

Feeling easily annoyed and in a bad mood

is similar but shows more petty or unpleasant behaviour
ornery
vspissy
  • Informal
22 8.5

Being bad-tempered and stubborn, often hard to deal with

is more about petty moodiness rather than stubborn behaviour
grouchy
vspissy
20 3.9

Easily annoyed and often in a bad mood

is more likely to be petty or unpleasant about small things
miffed
vspissy
15 7.1

Slightly annoyed because someone was rude or unfair

is a broader petty irritability not tied to fairness alone
sulky
vspissy
6 5.0

Quietly angry and not wanting to talk to others

is more openly petty and unpleasant rather than quietly moody
crotchety
vspissy
6 8.8

Often in a bad mood and easily annoyed by small things

is more plainly petty and unpleasant rather than eccentric
short-tempered
vspissy
6 4.2

Quick to get angry or easily annoyed

is less about sudden anger and more about petty bad mood
ill-tempered
vspissy
4 5.7

Easily annoyed and quick to get angry

is more about petty unpleasant mood rather than general crankiness
crabbed
vspissy
  • Archaic
1 8.6

Annoyed and easily upset so you speak in a short angry way

leans more toward petty unpleasantness rather than neutral irritability
snorty
vspissy
  • UK
1 9.7

Feeling annoyed and in a bad mood

is similar but stresses a petty and unpleasant mood
chippy
vspissy
  • UK
1 9.1

Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended

is more about petty bad mood than defensive offence
narky
vspissy
  • UK
1 9.9

Easily annoyed and quick to complain about small things

is similar but emphasizes an unpleasant bad mood
crankish
vspissy
1 8.3

Becoming easily annoyed and acting in a bad-tempered way

is more straightforwardly petty and unpleasant in mood
ratchety
vspissy
  • Informal
9.3

Being easily annoyed and bad-tempered, often showing impatience

is more focused on petty unpleasant mood than mere crankiness

Antonyms

680 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

99 1.0

Happy in a way you show with a smile or friendly actions

16 2.6

Being calm and relaxed and not easily upset

Compounds

pissy-pants
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who complains and gets upset very easily over small things

pissy bed
  • NSFW
9.9

A bed wet with someone's pee

How Irritable

testy
33 7.2
pissy
  • Offensive
22 9.6
irritated
56 3.1
annoyed
143 1.0

Surface Forms

pissy positive

Morphology

pissy = piss (semi-transparent) = piss + y

The 'easily annoyed/irritable' sense is a slang extension related to being 'pissed' (angry); learners familiar with that slang can infer it, but it's not transparently predictable from the literal root alone.

Etymology

Pissy also comes from the slang pissed, which means 'angry', with the adjective ending -y. So pissy can mean 'easily annoyed' or in a bad mood.