The meaning of Tetchy

adjective

Becoming annoyed or angry very easily

adjective

Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.

Usage examples:

He can be a cantankerous old fossil at times

adjective

Having a difficult and contrary disposition

adjective

Annoyed and tending to argue and complain

Usage examples:

By dinner, we were all tired and cantankerous.

adjective

(of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher.

Usage examples:

His handwriting is crabbed and hideous

verb

Move sideways or obliquely.

Usage examples:

He began crabbing sideways across the roof

verb

Grumble about something petty.

Usage examples:

On picnics, i would crab about sand in my food

adjective

Irritable.

Usage examples:

A rather crabby old man

adjective

Easily annoyed and complaining

Usage examples:

You're very crabby today. what's bothering you?

noun

A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×).

Usage examples:

Place a cross against the preferred choice

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

adjective

Annoyed.

Usage examples:

He seemed to be very cross about something

adjective

Irritable.

Usage examples:

He was tired and crotchety

adjective

Easily annoyed or angered

Usage examples:

After ten hours in the car, we were all getting crotchety.

adjective

Unpleasant or unenjoyable.

Usage examples:

A disagreeable thought

adjective

Unpleasant; unattractive

Usage examples:

The drinking water had a disagreeable oily taste.

adjective

(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome.

Usage examples:

They fight and squabble like fractious children

adjective

Tending to argue, fight, or complain, and hard to control

Usage examples:

Fractious relationships, the fractious nature of politics

adjective

Bad-tempered and irritable.

Usage examples:

His performance as the grumpy gateman

adjective

Being in a slightly angry mood because you are annoyed at something or are feeling tired

Usage examples:

Dad is always grumpy on monday mornings.

adjective

Suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell.

Usage examples:

He was taken ill with food poisoning

adverb

Badly, wrongly, or imperfectly.

Usage examples:

The street is dominated by ill-lit shops

noun

A problem or misfortune.

Usage examples:

A lengthy work on the ills of society

adjective

Unpleasant, unkind, or unfriendly

Usage examples:

The allegations are completely misguided and ill-natured., ill-natured critics harass them with que…

adjective

Easily annoyed

Usage examples:

An increasingly ill-tempered match saw three players sent off before half-time.

adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked.

Usage examples:

An impatient motorist blaring his horn

adjective

Not willing to wait for something to happen and becoming annoyed at delays

Usage examples:

Don’t be impatient, you’ll get your turn., she grew impatient with the others., [ + to infinitive ]…

adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

Usage examples:

An irascible and difficult man

adjective

Quickly aroused to anger

adjective

(of a person) easily made angry

Usage examples:

A cranky, irascible artist

adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.

Usage examples:

She was tired and irritable

adjective

Having or showing an irritable disposition.

Usage examples:

A thin peevish voice

adjective

Strongly flavoured with pepper or other hot spices.

Usage examples:

A hot, peppery dish

adjective

Having a spicy flavour like pepper

Usage examples:

This salad has a sharp peppery flavour., he was a famously peppery lawyer.

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) childishly bad-tempered and petulant.

Usage examples:

He comes across in his journal entries as spoiled and pettish

adjective

Covered in prickles.

Usage examples:

Masses of prickly brambles

adjective

Having sharp points that stick out, or causing a stinging feeling

Usage examples:

A prickly cactus, the wool felt prickly and itchy against his skin.

adjective

Easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered.

Usage examples:

His testy, disapproving father

adjective

Lacking patience and feeling upset

Usage examples:

My wife gets testy if we don’t have dessert.

adjective

Readily expressing anger or irritation.

Usage examples:

He had a waspish tongue

adjective

Likely to make sharp, slightly cruel remarks; having a slightly angry and unpleasant manner

Usage examples:

She had a waspish tongue which could hurt.