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pissy

pissy

18 9.6
Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɪsi/
  • Offensive
translation icon : 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 off
vspissy
  • Informal
197 8.6

Very angry or annoyed

is less intense and more about petty, unpleasant mood
cranky
vspissy
117 4.2

Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry

is more petty and unpleasant rather than just complaining
annoyed
vspissy
77 1.0

Feeling a little angry or bothered by something small

is a more general petty and unpleasant irritability rather than slight anger
grumpy
vspissy
76 1.7

Easily annoyed and in a bad mood

is moodier and more petty or unpleasant in tone
irritable
vspissy
32 3.7

Quick to become annoyed or angry

is annoyed in a petty and unpleasant way
testy
vspissy
32 7.2

Easily annoyed and quick to get angry

is similar but more petty and unpleasant than merely impatient
crabby
vspissy
  • Informal
24 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
19 3.9

Easily annoyed and often in a bad mood

is more likely to be petty or unpleasant about small things
miffed
vspissy
8 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
4 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
chippy
vspissy
  • UK
1 9.1

Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended

is more about petty bad mood than defensive offence
snorty
vspissy
  • UK
1 9.7

Feeling annoyed and in a bad mood

is similar but stresses a petty and unpleasant mood
pissed
vspissy
  • Informal
1 8.4

Feeling very angry or annoyed

is milder but nastier, focusing on petty unpleasantness
narky
vspissy
  • UK
1 9.9

Easily annoyed and quick to complain about small things

is similar but emphasizes an unpleasant bad mood
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
crankish
vspissy
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

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

111 1.0

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

22 2.6

Being calm and relaxed and not easily upset

Compounds

pissy bed
  • NSFW
9.9

A bed wet with someone's pee

pissy-pants
  • Offensive
9.9

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

How Irritable

testy
32 7.2
pissy
  • Offensive
18 9.6
irritated
44 3.1
annoyed
77 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.