testy
32
7.2
- adjective
- /ˈtɛsti/
:
irritable
- Listen, I'’m sorry if I got a little testy with you yesterday.
- get testy
- become testy
- feel testy
So what I done was I heard that he could get a little testy in certain situations.
- So what I done was I heard that he could get a little testy in certain situations.
- And sometimes it got a little bit testy and nasty.
- So what I had done was I heard that he could get a little testy in certain situations.
- They can get not say mean, but they can get a little testy.
- Listen, how testy he got during an interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly for All Things CONSIDERED.
- I, I think people get really can get kind of testy when you talk about luck, because if I say that you got lucky, I look jealous.
Examples
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She became testy after waiting for two hours in the crowded line.
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You've been acting sort of testy.
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My husband is just a little bit testy when it comes to our son.
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What are you so testy about?
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All right, now, these guys are a bit testy.
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- No need to be testy.
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Papa Bear gets a little testy in crowds where the Marine is concerned.
Blog text (25) -
Hey, don't get all testy with him just because you have a problem with your station in life.
Fiction book (1997) -
There's no reason to get testy.
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Stop being so testy.
Synonyms
117
4.2
Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry
76
1.7
Easily annoyed and in a bad mood
32
3.7
Quick to become annoyed or angry
24
5.4
Feeling easily annoyed and in a bad mood
22
8.5
Being bad-tempered and stubborn, often hard to deal with
19
8.2
Acting easily annoyed and impatient about small things
19
3.9
Easily annoyed and often in a bad mood
18
9.6
Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood
6
8.8
Often in a bad mood and easily annoyed by small things
5
7.8
Quick to get annoyed by small things
4
4.2
Quick to get angry or easily annoyed
4
5.7
Easily annoyed and quick to get angry
1
6.0
To become angry quickly and easily
1
5.6
Quick to become annoyed or upset
1
9.1
Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended
1
8.1
Being easily annoyed by small things
1
9.8
Easily annoyed and likely to argue or be unhelpful
1
9.9
Easily annoyed and quick to complain about small things
Becoming easily annoyed and acting in a bad-tempered way
Quick to get annoyed about small things
Easily annoyed by small things
Being bad-tempered and quiet because of disappointment
Antonyms
How Irritable
∞
1.0
4
4.2
32
7.2
32
3.7
77
1.0
- Informal
1
4.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Testy comes from an old French word testu that meant 'stubborn' and is linked to the Latin testa meaning 'head'. So think of someone who is 'head' strong or quick to get angry in their head; that's why testy now means easily annoyed or impatient.