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Examples of tetchy
tetchy
Existing purely on a here-today-lunch-tomorrow basis makes everyone very tetchy.
From the couriermail.com.au
Law and Justice is full of ex-dissidents, tetchy, righteous and unpredictable.
From the economist.com
Just like normal first time parents they're tired, anxious, broke, and tetchy.
From the techcrunch.com
It was booze that made Keith Urban all tetchy when some people looked at him once.
From the hecklerspray.com
It may be a bit tetchy for KPMG to be a creditor and working on the wind-down.
From the forbes.com
They have stayed exactly the same, or due to tiredness have been a bit tetchy.
From the guardian.co.uk
Due to that, Rose had to hole a tetchy 4ft putt before he could properly celebrate.
From the guardian.co.uk
Is she the rather tetchy character that interviewers and fans sometimes come across?
From the guardian.co.uk
This makes EU leaders vulnerable, tetchy and hyper-sensitive to criticism.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Cranky: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
- (tetchily) in an ill-natured and tetchy manner; "`Are you sure?' he asked her tetchily"
- (tetchiness) testiness: feeling easily irritated
- Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible
- (tetchiest) Superlative form of tetchy
- Fretful, peevish. (Romeo and Juliet)
- Sensitive or complaining.
