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Definition of Tetchiness
1. Noun. Feeling easily irritated.
Generic synonyms: Choler, Crossness, Fretfulness, Fussiness, Irritability, Peevishness, Petulance
Derivative terms: Testy, Tetchy, Touchy
Definition of Tetchiness
1. n. See Techiness.
Definition of Tetchiness
1. Noun. The quality of being tetchy, or irritable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tetchiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetchiness
Literary usage of Tetchiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"Her's good-lookin' enough, but there's too much tetchiness about her vor me; till
her's a-come to my time o' life, a purty old queen her'll be, ..."
2. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1859)
"He had outlived his powers, and was on very familiar terms with the galleries,
who, knowing the tetchiness of his temper, perpetually tried to excite him, ..."
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