Words used to describe someone who is easily upset
sensitive
moody
prim
Synonyms and related words
Words used to describe someone who is easily annoyed or difficult to please
bad-tempered
irritable
moody
chippy
adjectiveinformal
US /ˈtʃɪpi/
Other entries for this word
chippynoun
Word Forms
adjective
chippy
comparative
chippier
superlative
chippiest
DEFINITIONS1
1
tending to become angry or upset very easily
Synonyms and related words
Words used to describe someone who is easily upset
sensitive
moody
prim
Synonyms and related words
Words used to describe someone who is easily annoyed or difficult to please
bad-tempered
irritable
moody
chippy
nounBritishinformal
Other entries for this word
chippyadjective
or chippie
DEFINITIONS2
1
a carpenter or joinerSubmitted from: United Kingdom on 12/10/2017
2
colloquial term for a chip shop
There are still a fair number of chip shops around, but they all seem to shut quite early on in the evening. Our local chippy may well open earlier, but they shut well before pub closing time, at around 10pm.
Submitted by: Dr. Adem Rimpapa from Germany on 14/07/2010