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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But a new wrench is thrown into the works in the form of an irritable downstairs neighbor.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
27 June 2025
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And getting swept at home by a losing club, the Miami Marlins, would make anyone a tad irritable and hypersensitive.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
26 June 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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Ahead of the series' June 18 premiere, Lind, 23, sat down with PEOPLE to discuss the series, which marked her first time playing the lead, and even just the suggestion of the goodbye scenes seemed to be a touchy subject.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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The controls are touchy when inserting the buds, but otherwise convenient thanks to both a multi-key and volume rocker.—
Ryan Waniata,
Wired News,
27 May 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 6 Jul. 2025.
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