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tetchy

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Synonyms & Antonyms of tetchy

easily offended

a morose and tetchy resident of a nursing home

Synonyms for tetchy

huffy,
thin-skinned,
ticklish,
touchy

Words Related to tetchy

hypersensitive,
oversensitive,
sensitive,
supersensitive,
tender

choleric,
crabby,
cranky,
cross,
cross-grained,
crotchety,
grouchy,
grumpy,
irascible,
irritable,
peevish,
perverse,
pettish,
petulant,
prickly,
quick-tempered,
raspy,
ratty,
short-tempered,
snappish,
snappy,
snarky,
snippety,
snippy,
stroppy
[British],
stuffy,
testy,
waspish

bearish,
bilious,
cantankerous,
curmudgeonly,
disagreeable,
dyspeptic,
ill-humored,
ill-natured,
ill-tempered,
ornery,
querulous,
surly

Near Antonyms for tetchy

agreeable,
amiable,
good-natured,
good-tempered,
well-disposed

carefree,
easygoing,
happy-go-lucky,
relaxed,
unconcerned

forbearing,
long-suffering,
obliging,
understanding

Antonyms for tetchy

thick-skinned

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