testier

Meaning of testier

adjective, comparative adjective
  1. easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered.
    his testy, disapproving father
    she could see him growing quite testy beneath that polished urbanity

late Middle English (in the sense ‘headstrong, impetuous’): from Anglo-Norman French testif, from Old French teste ‘head’, from Latin testa ‘shell’.

Information about testier

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of testier

testier

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • testier is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

testier synonyms

Meaning bad-tempered and irritable:

grumpy, ratty

Meaning having indigestion or a consequent air of irritable bad temper:

dyspeptic

Meaning having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed:

irritable

Meaning irritable and bad-tempered:

tetchy

Meaning having or showing a tendency to be easily angered:

irascible

Meaning having or showing an irritable disposition:

peevish

Meaning irritable:

crotchety, crabby

Meaning bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative:

cantankerous

Meaning annoyed:

cross

Meaning (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome:

fractious

Meaning unpleasant or unenjoyable:

disagreeable

Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) childishly bad-tempered and petulant:

pettish

Meaning bad-tempered:

crabbed

Meaning readily expressing anger or irritation:

waspish

Meaning (of a person) ready to take offence:

prickly

Meaning (of a person) irritable and sharp-tongued:

peppery

Meaning having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked:

impatient

Meaning easily upset or offended; oversensitive:

touchy

Meaning (especially of a fabric or garment) having a rough, uncomfortable texture and tending to cause itching or discomfort:

scratchy

Meaning (of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperatures:

volatile

Meaning (especially of an old person) easily irritated:

crusty

Meaning slightly ill, as though having a disordered liver:

liverish

Meaning bad-tempered; spiteful:

splenetic

Meaning bad-tempered or irritable:

choleric, narky

Meaning (of a dog) irritable and inclined to bite:

snappish

Meaning irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish:

snappy

Meaning (of a person) touchy and defensive, especially on account of having a grievance or a sense of inferiority:

chippy

Meaning irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining:

grouchy

Meaning bad-tempered; irritable:

cranky

Meaning bad-tempered or annoyed:

shirty

Meaning bad-tempered and argumentative:

stroppy

Meaning rich in or covered with egg:

eggy

Meaning hungry:

peckish

Meaning like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous:

snaky

Meaning easily annoyed or irritated:

miffy

Anagrams of testier

Eistert, streite, teretis, Trieste

Words that rhyme with testier

tier, Sabatier, chocolatier, floatier, goatier, matier, meatier, peatier, platier, sarmatier, slatier, sweatier, throatier, wheatier, dictier, hinctier, Pelletier, argoletier, bouquetier, cabaretier, corsetier, crotchetier, fidgetier, finicketier, freetier, gleetier, pistoletier, racketier, retier, ricketier, setier, sheetier, sleetier, snippetier, streetier, suetier, targetier, velvetier, cliftier, craftier, draftier, driftier, heftier, loftier, niftier, riftier, shiftier, sniftier, thriftier, toploftier

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