Definition & Meaning of "testy"in English

testy

having a tendency to become easily irritated or annoyed

bad-tempered

cantankerous

crabby

cranky

crotchety

Grammatical Information

Composition

Simple

qualitative

Superlative

testiest

Comparative

testier

gradable

domain

temperament, behavior, emotion

Examples

After a long day of work, he became testy and snapped at his coworkers over minor mistakes.

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