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tes·ty
(tĕs′tē)adj. tes·ti·er, tes·ti·est
Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help.
[Alteration of Middle English testif, headstrong, alteration (influenced by Middle English -if, variant of -ive, -ive, as in natif, native) of Old French testu, from Old French teste, head, from Late Latin testa, skull; see teston.]
tes′ti·ly adv.
tes′ti·ness n.
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testy
(ˈtɛstɪ)adj, -tier or -tiest
irritable or touchy
[C14: from Anglo-Norman testif headstrong, from Old French teste head, from Late Latin testa skull, from Latin: shell]
ˈtestily adv
ˈtestiness n
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tes•ty
(ˈtɛs ti)adj. -ti•er, -ti•est.
irritably impatient; touchy: a testy mood; a testy reply.
tes′ti•ly, adv.
tes′ti•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | testy - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, tetchy, scratchy, nettlesome, peckish, cranky, fractious ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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testy
adjective irritable, cross, grumpy, crabbed, impatient, snappy, sullen, touchy, bad-tempered, petulant, irascible, cantankerous, peppery, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), quarrelsome, chippy (informal), fretful, short-tempered, waspish, peevish, quick-tempered, splenetic, snappish, liverish, captious Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.
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testy
adjective2. Having or showing a bad temper:
bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, ugly, waspish.
Idiom: out of sorts.
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