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tetchiness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | testiness, touchiness |
| Type of | choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
| Derivation | tetchy |
Examples of tetchiness
tetchiness
There's a certain tetchiness between them, offset by grudging, blokeish affection.
From the independent.co.uk
It comes as no surprise that we would try our best to ward off the tetchiness.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Worryingly, if Mr Cameron's tetchiness was at all sincere, he cannot yet see this.
From the economist.com
They still can't quite grasp they are not in Government and betray their disbelief by a certain tetchiness.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Iceland's propensity for sudden explosions and subterranean tetchiness can be explained by its position on the planet.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Hence the tetchiness of my hosts.
From the theatlantic.com
Sachs's tetchiness and tenderness, his pragmatism and ideals, are resolved into an eminently believable character, gleamingly sung with no audible strain.
From the independent.co.uk
My proneness to a bout of noon tetchiness was not helped by a couple of e-mails which found their way into my inbox this week just at the start of my traditional lunchtime lull.
From the edp24.co.uk
Michael Pennington, something of an expert in late Ibsen, catches superbly Rubek's mixture of tetchiness, self-absorption and overwhelming hunger to create.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Testiness: feeling easily irritated
- (tetchy) cranky: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
- (tetchy) Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible
- (Tetchy) sensitive or complaining.
- (tetchy) fretful, peevish. (Romeo and Juliet)
