testy

Easily annoyed, irritable.

Adjective

  1. Easily annoyed, irritable.
  2. Marked by impatience or ill humor.
    • He made testy remarks.
    • Otherwise, we could end up with a repeat of what happened with social media companies after the 2016 election — a collision of Silicon Valley power and Washington ignorance, which resulted in nothing but gridlock and...

Origin

Middle English testif (“headstrong”), from Old French testu, from teste (“head”) + -u. Compare modern French tête (“head”), têtu (“stubborn”).

Forms

testier testiest

Synonyms

touchy tetchy

Related

heady teston

Derived

testily testiness untesty