tetchy
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tetch·y
also tech·y (tĕch'ē) 
adj., -i·er, also -i·er, -i·est, also -i·est.
Peevish; testy: "As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and limited in responses" (James Wolcott).
tetchiness tetch'i·ness n.
adj., -i·er, also -i·er, -i·est, also -i·est.
Peevish; testy: "As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and limited in responses" (James Wolcott).
[Probably from Middle English tache, teche, blemish (influenced by TOUCHY), from Old French tache, teche, from Vulgar Latin *tacca, from Gothic taikns, sign.]
tetchily tetch'i·ly adv.tetchiness tetch'i·ness n.
Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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tetchy, touchy
Tetchy means 'irritable, peevish', and is a near synonym of testy, whereas touchy means 'oversensitive, likely to take offence'.
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IN BRIEF: adj. - Easily irritated or annoyed.
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Tetchy
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - pirrelig, gnaven
Nederlands (Dutch)
lichtgeraakt
Français (French)
adj. - grincheux, emporté
Deutsch (German)
adj. - reizbar
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευερέθιστος, δύστροπος, εύθικτος
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - irritável, irascível, mal-humorado
Русский (Russian)
раздражительный, вспыльчивый, обидчивый, с норовом
Español (Spanish)
adj. - irritable, cascarrabias
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - grinig, retlig, kinkig, knarrig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易暴怒的, 脾气怪的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易暴怒的, 脾氣怪的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성 잘 내는, 까다로운
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 神経のピリピリした, 厄介な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) سريع الحساسيه, سريع الغضب
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - רגזן, נוח לכעוס, רגיש
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