| 释义 |
testy
tes·ty T0128400 (tĕs′tē)adj. tes·ti·er, tes·ti·est Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help.
[Alteration of Middle English testif, headstrong, alteration (influenced by Middle English -if, variant of -ive, -ive, as in natif, native) of Old French testu, from Old French teste, head, from Late Latin testa, skull; see teston.]
tes′ti·ly adv.tes′ti·ness n.testy (ˈtɛstɪ) adj, -tier or -tiestirritable or touchy[C14: from Anglo-Norman testif headstrong, from Old French teste head, from Late Latin testa skull, from Latin: shell] ˈtestily adv ˈtestiness ntes•ty (ˈtɛs ti)
adj. -ti•er, -ti•est. irritably impatient; touchy: a testy mood; a testy reply. [1325–75; Middle English testi(f) headstrong < Anglo-French. See test2, -ive] tes′ti•ly, adv. tes′ti•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | testy - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, tetchy, scratchy, nettlesome, peckish, cranky, fractiousill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
testyadjective irritable, cross, grumpy, crabbed, impatient, snappy, sullen, touchy, bad-tempered, petulant, irascible, cantankerous, peppery, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), quarrelsome, chippy (informal), fretful, short-tempered, waspish, peevish, quick-tempered, splenetic, snappish, liverish, captious Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.testyadjective1. Easily annoyed:choleric, irascible, peppery, quick-tempered, tetchy, touchy.2. Having or showing a bad temper:bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, ugly, waspish.Informal: crabby, mean.Idiom: out of sorts.Translationstesty
Synonyms for testyadj irritableSynonyms- irritable
- cross
- grumpy
- crabbed
- impatient
- snappy
- sullen
- touchy
- bad-tempered
- petulant
- irascible
- cantankerous
- peppery
- tetchy
- ratty
- quarrelsome
- chippy
- fretful
- short-tempered
- waspish
- peevish
- quick-tempered
- splenetic
- snappish
- liverish
- captious
Synonyms for testyadj easily annoyedSynonyms- choleric
- irascible
- peppery
- quick-tempered
- tetchy
- touchy
adj having or showing a bad temperSynonyms- bad-tempered
- cantankerous
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- disagreeable
- fretful
- grouchy
- grumpy
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- irritable
- nasty
- peevish
- petulant
- querulous
- snappish
- snappy
- surly
- ugly
- waspish
- crabby
- mean
Synonyms for testyadj easily irritated or annoyedSynonyms- irritable
- peevish
- pettish
- petulant
- techy
- tetchy
- scratchy
- nettlesome
- peckish
- cranky
- fractious
Related Words |