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Tetchy
Tetchy meaning
Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figurative) extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.
Example sentences (10)
Children growing increasingly tetchy on the back seat, parents soon approaching the end of their tether.
Once again, the status of the Rock finds itself at the epicentre of tetchy UK-Spanish relations.
The trade committee is run with tetchy briskness by Labour's Darren Jones, an egghead who may not rest until every British industry is controlled by a version of Peter Sellers' shop steward Fred Kite.
They were getting well tetchy and the very mention of electioneering seemed to give them a get-out-of-jail-free card to try the same tactic.
With all her newfound knowledge in psychology, perhaps she could offer her services to smooth over certain tetchy Royal relationships?
He looked quite flat and at times quite tetchy with the audience.
The debate saw both party leaders repeatedly speak over each other during tetchy exchanges, as ITV host Julie Etchingham struggled to rein them in.
Welcome to 1970s London, where it is à la mode, apparently, to throw a dinner party to appease your tetchy mistress.
All the five-year-olds we know love this junior version of the classic detective game, with the usual race to find out whodunnit getting just the right amount of tetchy towards the end.
After he was cast, Troughton considered various ways to approach the role, to differentiate his portrayal from Hartnell's amiable-yet-tetchy patriarch.