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Definition of Tetchy
1. Adjective. Easily irritated or annoyed. "Not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Crank, Crankiness, Fractiousness, Irritability, Irritability, Peevishness, Pettishness, Petulance, Testiness, Tetchiness
Definition of Tetchy
1. a. See Techy.
Definition of Tetchy
1. Adjective. Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tetchy
1. irritable [adj TETCHIER, TETCHIEST] : TETCHILY [adv] - See also: irritable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetchy
Literary usage of Tetchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Comic Sketches and Recollections by John Poole (1843)
"SIMON tetchy. A CHARACTER. THERE are many thin-skinned people in the world, but
Simon tetchy seemed to have no skin at all. Every person alive is vulnerable ..."
2. Report and Transactions (1883)
"A grievous burden was thy birth to me; tetchy and wayward was thy infancy. ...
cannot come to Cressid but by Pandar; And he's as tetchy to be woo'd to woo, ..."
3. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of (1883)
"A grievous burden was thy birth to me; tetchy and wayward was thy infancy. ...
I cannot come to Cressid but by Pandar; And he's as tetchy to be woo'd to woo ..."
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