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tetchinesses

tetchinesses is the plural of tetchiness.

Meaning of tetchiness

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

Questions about tetchinesses

What is tetchinesses the plural of?
Tetchinesses is the plural of tetchiness.

Words near tetchinesses in the dictionary

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

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