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tes·ty

 (tĕs′tē)
adj. tes·ti·er, tes·ti·est
Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help.

[Alteration of Middle English testif, headstrong, alteration (influenced by Middle English -if, variant of -ive, -ive, as in natif, native) of Old French testu, from Old French teste, head, from Late Latin testa, skull; see teston.]

tes′ti·ly adv.
tes′ti·ness n.
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testy

(ˈtɛstɪ)
adj, -tier or -tiest
irritable or touchy
[C14: from Anglo-Norman testif headstrong, from Old French teste head, from Late Latin testa skull, from Latin: shell]
ˈtestily adv
ˈtestiness n
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tes•ty

(ˈtɛs ti)

adj. -ti•er, -ti•est.
irritably impatient; touchy: a testy mood; a testy reply.
[1325–75; Middle English testi(f) headstrong < Anglo-French. See test2, -ive]
tes′ti•ly, adv.
tes′ti•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.testy - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
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testy

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testy

adjective
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Translations

testy

[ˈtestɪ] ADJ (testier (compar) (testiest (superl))) [person] → irritable; [reply] → irritado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

testy

[ˈtɛsti] adj [person] → irritable
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

testy

adj (+er)unwirsch, gereizt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

testy

[ˈtɛstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (impatient, person) → irritabile; (remark) → stizzoso/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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