tetchy (redirected from tetchiest)

tetch·y also tech·y  (tch)

adj. tetch·i·er also tech·i·er, tetch·i·est also tech·i·est

Peevish; testy: "As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and limited in responses" (James Wolcott).

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[Probably from Middle English tache, teche, blemish (influenced by touchy), from Old French tache, teche, from Vulgar Latin *tacca, from Gothic taikns, sign; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

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tetchi·ly adv.

tetchi·ness n.

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tetchy [ˈtɛtʃɪ]

adj tetchier, tetchiest

being or inclined to be cross, irritable, or touchy

[probably from obsolete tetch defect, from Old French tache spot, of Germanic origin]

tetchily  adv

tetchiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

tetchy - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, scratchy, nettlesome, peckish, cranky, fractious ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

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tetchy

adjective irritable, cross, grumpy, crabbed, impatient, snappy, sullen, touchy, bad-tempered, petulant, irascible, cantankerous, peppery, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, quarrelsome, chippy (informal), fretful, short-tempered, waspish, peevish, quick-tempered, splenetic, snappish, liverish, captious You always get tetchy when you're hungry.

Translations

tetchy [ˈtetʃɪ] ADJ (tetchier (compar) (tetchiest (superl))) [person] → irritable, picajoso; [mood] → irritable

tetchy [ˈtɛtʃi] adj → irascible

tetchy, techy

adj (+er) (esp Brit inf) (on particular occasion) → gereizt; (as general characteristic) → reizbar

tetchy [ˈtɛtʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → irritabile, irascibile

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tetchy [ˈtɛtʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → irritabile, irascibile