testier; testiest
1
: easily annoyed : irritable
2
: marked by impatience or ill humor
testy remarks
Examples of testy in a Sentence
that coworker would be easier to get along with if she weren't so testy all the time
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Still, Sheinbaum rejected Trump’s offer — delivered in a testy telephone call last month — to send the U.S. Army to Mexico.
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
During the hearing, Noem had a particularly testy exchange with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2025
Unions representing sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and lifeguards made a public pitch Thursday for more support in increasingly testy contract negotiations, releasing a half-hour documentary that highlighted their members’ harrowing tales from the first days of the fires.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
No surprise, things got testy Referee Héctor Martínez inserted himself into the match regularly, handing out five yellow cards through the first half alone.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
During the hearing, Noem had a particularly testy exchange with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2025
Unions representing sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and lifeguards made a public pitch Thursday for more support in increasingly testy contract negotiations, releasing a half-hour documentary that highlighted their members’ harrowing tales from the first days of the fires.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
No surprise, things got testy Referee Héctor Martínez inserted himself into the match regularly, handing out five yellow cards through the first half alone.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Testy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testy. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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