tetchy meaning

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tetchy (adjective): easily irritated or annoyed.

Definition of tetchy

  1. easily irritated or annoyed
    • an incorrigibly fractious young man
    • not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

    Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, techy

    Similar: ill-natured

    Related forms: tetchiness

Scrabble score: 14 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with TE · words ending in HY · 6-letter words

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