tetchy

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.

Similar words

testy ill-natured petulant pettish peevish irritable nettlesome fractious peckish cranky

Often followed by

and about with mood old at in when on

Word family

tetchier tetchiest tetchily tetchiness tetchinesses