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Definitions for Testy

[1] irritably impatient; touchy.
[2] irritable or touchy

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

Words nearby Testy

teston, testosterone, testudinal, testudinate, testudo, testy, tet, tet offensive, tetanic, tetaniform, tetanigenous

Origin of Testy

1325–75; late Middle English testi, alteration of Middle French testu headstrong; replacing Middle English testif < Middle French. See test2, -ive

Other words from Testy

tes·ti·ly , adverb
tes·ti·ness , noun

Word origin for Testy

C14: from Anglo-Norman testif headstrong, from Old French teste head, from Late Latin testa skull, from Latin: shell

Synonyms for Testy

annoyed, cantankerous, cranky, edgy, exasperated, grumpy, impatient, quarrelsome, sullen, uptight, bad-tempered, captious, choleric, crabbed, cross, crotchety, fretful, grouchy, irascible, mean, ornery, out of sorts, peevish, peppery, petulant, quick-tempered, short-tempered, snappy, splenetic, thin-skinned, waspish