testy
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choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, irritable, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, waspish
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The lawsuit was sparked by an incident last week in a post-election press conference with Mr. Trump when Mr. Acosta initially refused to surrender his microphone during a testy exchange. — Byron Tau, WSJ, "Judge Grants CNN’s Motion to Restore Jim Acosta’s White House Press Pass," 16 Nov. 2018 And both led to complaints of miscommunication and disorganization and an occasional testy exchange with reporters. — Paul Elias, The Seattle Times, "Back-to-back crises boost California sheriff’s profile," 28 Nov. 2018 Their warming relations come as ties between European Union nations and Turkey have become increasingly testy. — Suzan Fraser And Ayse Wieting, chicagotribune.com, "Turkey, Russia deepen ties amid troubled relations with West," 2 Apr. 2018 On the other hand, this publicity has put heavy scrutiny on the company — Musk got testy with analysts and reporters on the company’s first quarter earnings call. — Emily Stewart, Vox, "Elon Musk’s (probably serious) proposal to take Tesla private and the fallout, explained," 18 Aug. 2018 During an interview with reporters following the debate, Kucinich grew testy when asked about his decision to meet with Assad. — cleveland.com, "Ohio Democratic governor candidates spar in fourth debate," 8 Mar. 2018 The ruling came after one-and-a-half days of arguments in which lawyers for Uber insisted the global ride-sharing app had completely overhauled its culture, passenger safety policies, and reset its testy relationship with the regulator. — Fortune, "Uber Wins Appeal and Gets 15-Month License to Operate in London," 26 June 2018 Those tensions boiled over in recent days during testy presidential phone calls with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Trudeau and Macron. — Damian Paletta, BostonGlobe.com, "France’s Macron threatens rare rebuke of US at G7, Trump fires back," 8 June 2018 Trump’s relationship with Mexico might be even testier, with Trump ordering the deployment of the National Guard to the Mexican border in April to confront undocumented immigrants. — Emma Scornavacchi, The New Republic, "Amidst a war of words, North America wins the 2026 World Cup.," 13 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'testy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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