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    TESTY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: testier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, testiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: testier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: testiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Easily irritated or annoyedplay

    Example:

    not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

    Synonyms:

    cranky; fractious; irritable; nettlesome; peckish; peevish; pettish; petulant; scratchy; techy; testy; tetchy

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    Adjectives

    Similar:

    ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

    Derivation:

    testiness (feeling easily irritated)

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