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tetchiness

tetchiness noun: the quality of being tetchy, or irritable.

Noun

tetchiness (usually uncountable, plural tetchinesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being tetchy, or irritable
    • Through it all she exudes tetchiness, weariness and a general contempt for everything in sight.2009 January 18, Charles Isherwood, “Hedda Forever: An Antiheroine for the Ages”, in New York Times

Forms of tetchiness

pluraltetchinesses

Origin of tetchiness

From tetchy + -ness.

Questions about tetchiness

What does tetchiness mean?
Tetchiness means the quality of being tetchy, or irritable.
What part of speech is tetchiness?
Tetchiness is a noun.
What is the plural of tetchiness?
The plural of tetchiness is tetchinesses.

Words near tetchiness in the dictionary

  1. tetched in the head
  2. tetches
  3. tetchier
  4. tetchiest
  5. tetchily
  6. tetchiness
  7. tetchinesses
  8. tetching
  9. tetchy
  10. tete a tete
  11. tete a tetes

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