Definition of Tetchiness

1. Noun. Feeling easily irritated.

Exact synonyms: Testiness, Touchiness
Generic synonyms: Choler, Crossness, Fretfulness, Fussiness, Irritability, Peevishness, Petulance
Derivative terms: Testy, Tetchy, Touchy

Definition of Tetchiness

1. n. See Techiness.

Definition of Tetchiness

1. Noun. The quality of being tetchy, or irritable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tetchiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetchiness

tetard
tetartanopia
tetartemorion
tetartemorions
tetartohedral
tetartohedrism
tetartohedrisms
tetaug
tetch
tetched
tetched in the haid
tetched in the head
tetchier
tetchiest
tetchily
tetchiness
tetchinesses
tetchy
tete
tete-a-tete
tete a tete
tetel
tetels
tetes
teth
tether
tethera
tethera-a-bumfit
tetherable

Literary usage of Tetchiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"Her's good-lookin' enough, but there's too much tetchiness about her vor me; till her's a-come to my time o' life, a purty old queen her'll be, ..."

2. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1859)
"He had outlived his powers, and was on very familiar terms with the galleries, who, knowing the tetchiness of his temper, perpetually tried to excite him, ..."

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