tetchy
1
8.1
- adjective
- /ˈtɛtʃi/
- UK
:
irritable
- For example, I know my food and clothing are as accurate as possible, as is my layout of London, since I use primary sources for all three, so if someone tries to call me out on those, I get tetchy.
Examples
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I get some very tetchy, rude emails from people who are angry that the books they requested haven't arrived, and I stop communicating with those people.
Blog text (14) -
And that's something that makes it very tetchy.
Blog text (20) -
So maybe he has a right to sound a bit tetchy.
Blog text (25) -
This is a very tetchy subject, so we might do well to tread a bit lightly.
Blog text (8) -
She looked tired and tetchy, not at all her usual smiling self.
Fiction book (1995) -
In a time when a person of Darcy's status is supposed to spend most of his life in public, you can see why that would make him somewhat tetchy or rude.
Blog text (9) -
Head to either of these sibling spots to warm up after a bout with Seattle's tetchy weather.
Blog text (21) -
Talk to the costumes mistress, but don't be surprised if she's tetchy.
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Next time you're in a meeting that feels terrible—tense, tired, tetchy—try saying out loud: 'This feels tough, doesn't it?'
Blog text (19) -
After a long day at work, he became tetchy when his colleague asked too many questions.
Synonyms
117
4.2
Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry
33
4.9
A person who gets upset by small comments
32
7.2
Easily annoyed and quick to get angry
32
3.7
Quick to become annoyed or angry
24
3.9
Easily annoyed and hard to please about small things
19
8.2
Acting easily annoyed and impatient about small things
13
5.7
Quick to get angry or upset by small things
7
5.6
Easily upset by what others say or do
5
5.9
Quick to feel annoyed or offended by small remarks
5
7.8
Quick to get annoyed by small things
4
4.2
Quick to get angry or easily annoyed
3
9.9
Easily upset or offended by small things
2
9.1
Gets angry easily about small things
1
5.6
Quick to become annoyed or upset
1
9.1
Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended
1
9.6
Quick to become angry and often bad-tempered
1
9.9
Easily upset or hurt by small harmless remarks
1
9.7
Feeling annoyed and in a bad mood
1
9.9
Easily annoyed and quick to complain about small things
1
8.9
Being rude and getting upset by small things
Quick to get annoyed about small things
Easily annoyed and quick to get angry
Easily annoyed by small things
Very easily upset by what people say or do
Antonyms
How Irritable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tetchy likely comes from an older short word tetch, which meant 'easily touched' or 'easily upset' and feels like the common word touchy. So, a tetchy person is quick to get annoyed by small things.