testy

Meaning

1. Easily annoyed, irritable.
2. Marked by impatience or ill humor.

Synonyms

peevish

pettish

irritable

cranky

touchy

petulant

nettlesome

scratchy

splenish

splenetic

peckish

tetchy

techy

waspish

fractious

hot-tempered

quick-tempered

impatient

irascible

irritated

miffed

morose

passionate

pissed

pissed off

prickly

recalcitrant

riled

shrewish

sullen

surly

ticked

untoward

vixenish

wayward

wrathful

ireful

unforbearing

illtempered

roiled

rageful

p’d off

twatfaced

PO’d

bitten

peed off

black

bloody-minded

cantankerous

captious

crabbed

cross

crusty

curmudgeonly

edgy

excitable

fretful

grouching

grouchy

grumpy

huffy

ill-humored

ill-tempered

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛsti/

Etymology

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