testy
adjective
[ ˈtɛsti ]
• easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered.
• "his testy, disapproving father"
Similar:
bad-tempered,
grumpy,
ill-tempered,
ill-natured,
ill-humoured,
dyspeptic,
irritable,
tetchy,
irascible,
peevish,
crotchety,
cantankerous,
cross,
fractious,
disagreeable,
pettish,
crabbed,
crabby,
waspish,
prickly,
peppery,
impatient,
touchy,
scratchy,
volatile,
crusty,
liverish,
splenetic,
short-tempered,
hot-tempered,
quick-tempered,
choleric,
snappish,
snappy,
chippy,
grouchy,
cranky,
on a short fuse,
shirty,
stroppy,
narky,
ratty,
eggy,
like a bear with a sore head,
peckish,
soreheaded,
snaky,
miffy,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘headstrong, impetuous’): from Anglo-Norman French testif, from Old French teste ‘head’, from Latin testa ‘shell’.
