Definition of tetchy in English:

tetchy

adjectivetetchier, tetchiest ˈtɛtʃiˈtɛtʃi

Irritable and bad-tempered.
she had always been tetchy and impatient with him
a tetchy statement
Example sentencesExamples
- After three days and nights barricaded into his office, Kristall's managing director was exhausted and just a little tetchy.
- Normally chirpy and gregarious, the 49-year-old has become increasingly tetchy in the build-up to the tournament.
- My wife says I have been known to spend hours completely incommunicado; and I admit I do get tetchy if I'm disturbed.
- He has to balance his new life with the demands of a tetchy father and family life (Rachel Griffiths plays his wife).
- His relationship with the national team, though, has turned tetchy since he was discarded from their recent European tour with a colleague for apparently breaking a squad curfew on having guests in the hotel.
- In the north, the Gauls are threatening, the Greeks are grumbling to the east, and Rome's biggest threat, the Carthaginians, are growing tetchy to the south.
- When he gets a good result, he sometimes wants to react and say, ‘there you are’ to his detractors, but equally a bad result can make him tetchy.
- When we first speak on the phone Judy seems tired and tetchy.
- He started spending more and more time at home and ironically this seemed to trouble my mother because she became so irritable and tetchy, and so I made it a point to stay away from home.
- At times the game got a little tetchy but the official simply spoke in a stern fashion to the players rather than displaying cards left right and centre.
- However, maybe because he's jetlagged, Hornby is a tad tetchy today.
- Other Amazing Race contestants are tetchy that the couple are there, as the pair find it easier to get favours from strangers because they get recognised.
- I'm feeling just a wee bit dehydrated and ever-so-slightly tetchy.
- The dying hours of any election campaign are always marked by an exhausted tetchy edge among candidates and parties as they strive to go that extra mile while awaiting the judgement of others.
- Once or twice in the second half matters got a bit tetchy and referee Fintan Barrett - who has had better games all round - had no real options but to dismiss a player from each side in separate incidents.
- After a difficult two months, blighted by injuries to her back and thigh, the tall Californian has looked tetchy and out of sorts this week.
- The foreground music (it was too loud to be described as ‘background music’) irritated us just that little bit to the point it makes a calm chap feel tetchy.
- Firm with the media in the past, he is now tetchy.
- Now that the competition is a straight knockout, supporters yesterday grew increasingly tetchy over Dundee's failure to score and Sartid's gamesmanship.
- You can see why people might get a little tetchy about their personal privacy with one company carving so many avenues into their lives, even if I do think those worries are ultimately unfounded.
Synonyms
irritable, irascible, peevish, crotchety, cantankerous, cross, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, testy, peppery, impatient, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, touchy, scratchy, volatile, crusty, dyspeptic, splenetic, liverish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, choleric
informal snappish, snappy, chippy, grouchy, cranky, on a short fuse
British informal shirty, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head
North American informal peckish, soreheaded
Australian/New Zealand informal snaky
informal, dated miffy

Derivatives

tetchily

adverbˈtɛtʃɪliˈtɛtʃəli

He added tetchily, ‘You don't have to face responsibilities of any sort do you?’
Example sentencesExamples
- Unable to make sense of what was happening to them, they reacted tetchily and their play degenerated into niggling, scrappy attempts to win the ball.
- When his time came he tetchily refuted the notion that Peel might have contributed anything to his success.
- When asked if he feared the decision would be taken for him, he tetchily replied: ‘Ask that question of my President, not me.’
- ‘You offered us answers,’ she reminded him tetchily.

tetchiness

nounˈtɛtʃɪnəsˈtɛtʃinəs

A mild tetchiness and suspicion between the two counties has been evident in more than merely their refusal to contemplate a unified police unit.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you are a serious caffeine fiend, begin your detox on a non-working day as you'll probably be in for a bit of a headache and a prolonged bout of tetchiness.
- But within minutes of the restart, all the tension and tetchiness vanished as both sides began to pick up the tempo and forage forward at will.
- This air of tetchiness burst in to life when a robust series of questions from one New Zealand Herald journalist provoked the Prime Minister to accuse the reporter of sparking an argument rather than asking questions.
- His extreme tetchiness was on show on that night's television news as he recounted, through gritted teeth, the agreement he had already reached with them over a financial review of the national stadium project.

Origin

Late 16th century: probably from a variant of Scots tache 'blotch, fault', from Old French teche.

Rhymes

sketchy, stretchy

Definition of tetchy in US English:

tetchy

adjectiveˈtɛtʃiˈteCHē

Bad-tempered and irritable.
暴躁的；易怒的
she had always been tetchy and impatient with him
a tetchy statement
Example sentencesExamples
- The dying hours of any election campaign are always marked by an exhausted tetchy edge among candidates and parties as they strive to go that extra mile while awaiting the judgement of others.
- His relationship with the national team, though, has turned tetchy since he was discarded from their recent European tour with a colleague for apparently breaking a squad curfew on having guests in the hotel.
- My wife says I have been known to spend hours completely incommunicado; and I admit I do get tetchy if I'm disturbed.
- After three days and nights barricaded into his office, Kristall's managing director was exhausted and just a little tetchy.
- Now that the competition is a straight knockout, supporters yesterday grew increasingly tetchy over Dundee's failure to score and Sartid's gamesmanship.
- At times the game got a little tetchy but the official simply spoke in a stern fashion to the players rather than displaying cards left right and centre.
- Other Amazing Race contestants are tetchy that the couple are there, as the pair find it easier to get favours from strangers because they get recognised.
- Firm with the media in the past, he is now tetchy.
- After a difficult two months, blighted by injuries to her back and thigh, the tall Californian has looked tetchy and out of sorts this week.
- Normally chirpy and gregarious, the 49-year-old has become increasingly tetchy in the build-up to the tournament.
- He has to balance his new life with the demands of a tetchy father and family life (Rachel Griffiths plays his wife).
- In the north, the Gauls are threatening, the Greeks are grumbling to the east, and Rome's biggest threat, the Carthaginians, are growing tetchy to the south.
- However, maybe because he's jetlagged, Hornby is a tad tetchy today.
- When we first speak on the phone Judy seems tired and tetchy.
- Once or twice in the second half matters got a bit tetchy and referee Fintan Barrett - who has had better games all round - had no real options but to dismiss a player from each side in separate incidents.
- He started spending more and more time at home and ironically this seemed to trouble my mother because she became so irritable and tetchy, and so I made it a point to stay away from home.
- You can see why people might get a little tetchy about their personal privacy with one company carving so many avenues into their lives, even if I do think those worries are ultimately unfounded.
- I'm feeling just a wee bit dehydrated and ever-so-slightly tetchy.
- When he gets a good result, he sometimes wants to react and say, ‘there you are’ to his detractors, but equally a bad result can make him tetchy.
- The foreground music (it was too loud to be described as ‘background music’) irritated us just that little bit to the point it makes a calm chap feel tetchy.
Synonyms
irritable, irascible, peevish, crotchety, cantankerous, cross, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, testy, peppery, impatient, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, touchy, scratchy, volatile, crusty, dyspeptic, splenetic, liverish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, choleric

Origin

Late 16th century: probably from a variant of Scots tache ‘blotch, fault’, from Old French teche.

词汇	tetchy
释义	Definition of tetchy in English: tetchy adjectivetetchier, tetchiest ˈtɛtʃiˈtɛtʃi Irritable and bad-tempered. she had always been tetchy and impatient with him a tetchy statement Example sentencesExamples After three days and nights barricaded into his office, Kristall's managing director was exhausted and just a little tetchy. Normally chirpy and gregarious, the 49-year-old has become increasingly tetchy in the build-up to the tournament. My wife says I have been known to spend hours completely incommunicado; and I admit I do get tetchy if I'm disturbed. He has to balance his new life with the demands of a tetchy father and family life (Rachel Griffiths plays his wife). His relationship with the national team, though, has turned tetchy since he was discarded from their recent European tour with a colleague for apparently breaking a squad curfew on having guests in the hotel. In the north, the Gauls are threatening, the Greeks are grumbling to the east, and Rome's biggest threat, the Carthaginians, are growing tetchy to the south. When he gets a good result, he sometimes wants to react and say, ‘there you are’ to his detractors, but equally a bad result can make him tetchy. When we first speak on the phone Judy seems tired and tetchy. He started spending more and more time at home and ironically this seemed to trouble my mother because she became so irritable and tetchy, and so I made it a point to stay away from home. At times the game got a little tetchy but the official simply spoke in a stern fashion to the players rather than displaying cards left right and centre. However, maybe because he's jetlagged, Hornby is a tad tetchy today. Other Amazing Race contestants are tetchy that the couple are there, as the pair find it easier to get favours from strangers because they get recognised. I'm feeling just a wee bit dehydrated and ever-so-slightly tetchy. The dying hours of any election campaign are always marked by an exhausted tetchy edge among candidates and parties as they strive to go that extra mile while awaiting the judgement of others. Once or twice in the second half matters got a bit tetchy and referee Fintan Barrett - who has had better games all round - had no real options but to dismiss a player from each side in separate incidents. After a difficult two months, blighted by injuries to her back and thigh, the tall Californian has looked tetchy and out of sorts this week. The foreground music (it was too loud to be described as ‘background music’) irritated us just that little bit to the point it makes a calm chap feel tetchy. Firm with the media in the past, he is now tetchy. Now that the competition is a straight knockout, supporters yesterday grew increasingly tetchy over Dundee's failure to score and Sartid's gamesmanship. You can see why people might get a little tetchy about their personal privacy with one company carving so many avenues into their lives, even if I do think those worries are ultimately unfounded. Synonyms irritable, irascible, peevish, crotchety, cantankerous, cross, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, testy, peppery, impatient, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, touchy, scratchy, volatile, crusty, dyspeptic, splenetic, liverish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, choleric informal snappish, snappy, chippy, grouchy, cranky, on a short fuse British informal shirty, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head North American informal peckish, soreheaded Australian/New Zealand informal snaky informal, dated miffy Derivatives tetchily adverbˈtɛtʃɪliˈtɛtʃəli He added tetchily, ‘You don't have to face responsibilities of any sort do you?’ Example sentencesExamples Unable to make sense of what was happening to them, they reacted tetchily and their play degenerated into niggling, scrappy attempts to win the ball. When his time came he tetchily refuted the notion that Peel might have contributed anything to his success. When asked if he feared the decision would be taken for him, he tetchily replied: ‘Ask that question of my President, not me.’ ‘You offered us answers,’ she reminded him tetchily. tetchiness nounˈtɛtʃɪnəsˈtɛtʃinəs A mild tetchiness and suspicion between the two counties has been evident in more than merely their refusal to contemplate a unified police unit. Example sentencesExamples If you are a serious caffeine fiend, begin your detox on a non-working day as you'll probably be in for a bit of a headache and a prolonged bout of tetchiness. But within minutes of the restart, all the tension and tetchiness vanished as both sides began to pick up the tempo and forage forward at will. This air of tetchiness burst in to life when a robust series of questions from one New Zealand Herald journalist provoked the Prime Minister to accuse the reporter of sparking an argument rather than asking questions. His extreme tetchiness was on show on that night's television news as he recounted, through gritted teeth, the agreement he had already reached with them over a financial review of the national stadium project. Origin Late 16th century: probably from a variant of Scots tache 'blotch, fault', from Old French teche. Rhymes sketchy, stretchy Definition of tetchy in US English: tetchy adjectiveˈtɛtʃiˈteCHē Bad-tempered and irritable. 暴躁的；易怒的 she had always been tetchy and impatient with him a tetchy statement Example sentencesExamples The dying hours of any election campaign are always marked by an exhausted tetchy edge among candidates and parties as they strive to go that extra mile while awaiting the judgement of others. His relationship with the national team, though, has turned tetchy since he was discarded from their recent European tour with a colleague for apparently breaking a squad curfew on having guests in the hotel. My wife says I have been known to spend hours completely incommunicado; and I admit I do get tetchy if I'm disturbed. After three days and nights barricaded into his office, Kristall's managing director was exhausted and just a little tetchy. Now that the competition is a straight knockout, supporters yesterday grew increasingly tetchy over Dundee's failure to score and Sartid's gamesmanship. At times the game got a little tetchy but the official simply spoke in a stern fashion to the players rather than displaying cards left right and centre. Other Amazing Race contestants are tetchy that the couple are there, as the pair find it easier to get favours from strangers because they get recognised. Firm with the media in the past, he is now tetchy. After a difficult two months, blighted by injuries to her back and thigh, the tall Californian has looked tetchy and out of sorts this week. Normally chirpy and gregarious, the 49-year-old has become increasingly tetchy in the build-up to the tournament. He has to balance his new life with the demands of a tetchy father and family life (Rachel Griffiths plays his wife). In the north, the Gauls are threatening, the Greeks are grumbling to the east, and Rome's biggest threat, the Carthaginians, are growing tetchy to the south. However, maybe because he's jetlagged, Hornby is a tad tetchy today. When we first speak on the phone Judy seems tired and tetchy. Once or twice in the second half matters got a bit tetchy and referee Fintan Barrett - who has had better games all round - had no real options but to dismiss a player from each side in separate incidents. He started spending more and more time at home and ironically this seemed to trouble my mother because she became so irritable and tetchy, and so I made it a point to stay away from home. You can see why people might get a little tetchy about their personal privacy with one company carving so many avenues into their lives, even if I do think those worries are ultimately unfounded. I'm feeling just a wee bit dehydrated and ever-so-slightly tetchy. When he gets a good result, he sometimes wants to react and say, ‘there you are’ to his detractors, but equally a bad result can make him tetchy. The foreground music (it was too loud to be described as ‘background music’) irritated us just that little bit to the point it makes a calm chap feel tetchy. Synonyms irritable, irascible, peevish, crotchety, cantankerous, cross, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, testy, peppery, impatient, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, touchy, scratchy, volatile, crusty, dyspeptic, splenetic, liverish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, choleric Origin Late 16th century: probably from a variant of Scots tache ‘blotch, fault’, from Old French teche.
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