as in irritable
easily offended
a morose and tetchy resident of a nursing home
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Recent Examples of tetchy
Trading was tetchy at first, floating between flat and a 1.5 percent gain.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Read more Tesla's share price recovers ground after tetchy start
Elon Musk's claims linking Ukraine to X outage spark backlash
You're Fired!
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
That rivalry carried over into the UFC as Tate and Rousey coached against each other in a tetchy season of The Ultimate Fighter before Rousey defeated Tate via third-round armbar to retain her UFC bantamweight title at UFC 168.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
When Southampton’s Duje Caleta-Car was dismissed in January 2023 in the first leg of a tetchy Carabao Cup semi-final, Murphy waved him on his way.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Read more Tesla's share price recovers ground after tetchy start
Elon Musk's claims linking Ukraine to X outage spark backlash
You're Fired!
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
That rivalry carried over into the UFC as Tate and Rousey coached against each other in a tetchy season of The Ultimate Fighter before Rousey defeated Tate via third-round armbar to retain her UFC bantamweight title at UFC 168.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
When Southampton’s Duje Caleta-Car was dismissed in January 2023 in the first leg of a tetchy Carabao Cup semi-final, Murphy waved him on his way.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tetchy
Adjective
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Her tone is free-associative, irritable and rat-a-tat.—
Alexandra Jacobs,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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When an owner is distracted or irritable from work stress, the dog notices.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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American military and diplomatic outposts across the globe are on high alert after a U.S. bombing raid on Saturday struck three of Iran’s most sensitive nuclear facilities, prompting vows of retaliation from Tehran and raising fears of a widening regional war.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
23 June 2025
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Rochester recommends baby shampoo to get your hair and makeup brushes grease-free and without any additives that may irritate sensitive face skin.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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Although an entire city beckons, the first season hinges in part on whether the Russells’ neighbor—the huffy, old-money Agnes Van Rhijn (Christine Baranski)—will ever cross Sixty-first Street to visit.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
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Inevitably all this tumult attracts the attention of a trio of huffy rival confectioners, Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Prodnose (Matt Lucas), and Fickelgruber (Mathew Baynton).—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Dec. 2023
Adjective
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Few things in life are touchier or more prone to argument than the topic of favorite sports movies.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Sun Sentinel Asking Eric: My son begged us not to bring up our grievance to his touchy in-laws His wife’s parents make all the holiday plans, and we’re never invited.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Rubbing underarm is selected as a target motion of robot because previous research suggests that this is the best way for making humans feel ticklish.—
Erico Guizzo,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Oct. 2016
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It’s certainly made for these (end) times: a lushly surreal, cynically ticklish goof on the ineffectiveness of political summits as apocalyptic dread mounts.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Oct. 2024
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“Tetchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tetchy. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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