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tetchier

tetchier is the comparative form of tetchy.

Meaning of tetchy

Adjective

tetchy (comparative tetchier, superlative tetchiest)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, Southern US, UK) Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figurative) extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.
    • Nurce: ...But as I said, when it did tast the wormwood on the nipple of my dug, & felt it bitter, pretty foole to see it teachie and fall out with Dugge...c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    touchy

Questions about tetchier

What is tetchier the comparative form of?
Tetchier is the comparative form of tetchy.

Words near tetchier in the dictionary

  1. tetch
  2. tetched
  3. tetched in the haid
  4. tetched in the head
  5. tetches
  6. tetchier
  7. tetchiest
  8. tetchily
  9. tetchiness
  10. tetchinesses
  11. tetching

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