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/ ˈtɛs ti / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective, tes·ti·er, tes·ti·est. irritably impatient; touchy.
Origin of testy First recorded in 1325–75; late Middle English testi, alteration of Middle French testu “headstrong”; replacing Middle English testif, from Middle French. See test2 , -ive
SYNONYMS FOR testy tetchy, edgy, snappish, cross, irascible.
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ANTONYMS FOR testy composed.
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synonym study for testy See irritable.
OTHER WORDS FROM testy tes·ti·ly, adverb tes·ti·ness, noun Words nearby testy test-tube skin, test types, testudinal, testudinate, testudo, testy , Tet, tetanic, tetaniform, tetanigenous, tetanism
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Example sentences from the Web for testy The Anglo-American “conversations” about the timing of the second front often grew heated and testy .
D-Day Historian Craig Symonds Talks About History’s Most Amazing Invasion | Marc Wortman| June 5, 2014| DAILY BEAST
I've never seen a government official get quite this testy with a reporter.
State Department Aide Tells Reporter to ‘Fuck Off’ | Megan McArdle| September 24, 2012| DAILY BEAST
There is a relationship that develops, tense and often testy , between a journalist and his quarry.
How a Freelance Journalist Unraveled Jonah Lehrer’s Lies | Howard Kurtz| August 1, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Meanawhile, there are headlines about Obama getting “testy ” with reporter Brad Watson of WFAA in Dallas.
Tale of Two Testy Interviews | Howard Kurtz| April 19, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Given her testy relations with management, it would be easy to label Simpson a troublemaker.
Carole Simpson's Network Battle Scars | Howard Kurtz| January 5, 2011| DAILY BEAST
"There is no arguing with women," her brother had said, with a testy shrug of his shoulders.
Sir Christopher | Maud Wilder Goodwin
It had dissolved partnership wi' Testy an' gooan to realms aboon.
Yorksher Puddin' | John Hartley
She could not believe Milly meant to take her testy remark seriously.
One Woman's Life | Robert Herrick
He is not so testy as of yore, a change that fills Dulce's heart with misgivings.
The Baronet was testy thinking over all this, and looked on Feltram's message as an impertinence and the money as his own.
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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British Dictionary definitions for testy adjective -tier or -tiest
Derived forms of testy testily , adverb testiness , noun Word Origin for testy C14: from Anglo-Norman testif headstrong, from Old French teste head, from Late Latin testa skull, from Latin: shell
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Words related to testy sullen, cantankerous, cranky, edgy, impatient, uptight, quarrelsome, grumpy, annoyed, exasperated, bad-tempered, captious, choleric, cross, crotchety, fretful, grouchy, irascible, mean, ornery