Tetchy synonyms
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Irritable; touchy; peevish
bad-tempered (related)
Showing or resulting from a quick temper or a fit of anger
Of, like, or highly seasoned with pepper
Sensitive to touch; easily irritated, as a part of the body
feelings (related)
Easily annoyed
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Odd; eccentric
The definition of fractious is someone who is bad tempered, or someone or something that is difficult to control.
In an ill humor; bad-tempered; peevish
Showing ill humor or impatience, as a glance or remark
(Chiefly Brit.) Somewhat hungry
Peevish; petulant; cross
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The definition of petulant is someone who gets irritated without a good reason.
Marked by or consisting of scratches:
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
short-tempered (related)
twitchy (related)
jumpy (related)
wimpish (related)
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Easily aroused to anger.
Find another word for tetchy. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tetchy, like: testy, bad-tempered, choleric, irascible, peppery, touchy, feelings, cranky, fractious, irritable and nettlesome.
