testily Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- crabby
- peevish
- prickly
- waspish
- grouchy
- cranky
- choleric
- petulant
- short-tempered
- crotchety
- stuffy
- out-of-humor
- sensitive
- irascible
- out-of-sorts
- short
- passionate
- pettish
- grumpy
- snappish
- contentious
- raspy
- snippy
- cross
- snarky
Weak:
- ill-humored
- sulky
- quarrelsome
- disputatious
- quick-tempered
- snappy
- pouty
- querulous
- sullen
- surly
- cross-grained
- dyspeptic
- huffy
- off-colored
- perverse
- snarly
- scrappy
- ornery
- truculent
- argumentative
- disagreeable
- ratty
- ill-natured
- bilious
- belligerent
- bellicose
- off-color
- fretful
- curmudgeonly
- combative
- tetchy
- fractious
- touchy
- pugnacious
- ill-tempered
- snippety
- cantankerous
- thin-skinned
- bearish
Strongest:
- gregarious
- friendly
- genial
- extraverted
- cordial
- good-natured
- amiable
- genial
- outgoing
- sweet
- sweet
- agreeable
- gregarious
- amiable
- outgoing
- affable
- friendly
- good-natured
- agreeable
- extroverted
- companionable
- companionable
- extraverted
- sociable
- extroverted
- sociable
- affable
- cordial
Strong:
- carefree
- relaxed
- well-disposed
- easygoing
- tolerant
- tolerant
- well-disposed
- easygoing
- patient
- carefree
- good-tempered
- patient
- relaxed
- good-tempered
Weak:
testily Meaning
Wordnet
testily (r)
in a petulant manner
testily Sentence Examples
- The manager testily reprimanded the employee for their tardiness.
- The professor testily interrupted the student to correct a factual error.
- The neighbor testily complained about the loud music coming from my apartment.
- The cashier testily demanded payment for the groceries after the customer hesitated.
- The parent testily warned their child to stop misbehaving.
- The boss testily questioned the employee's decision-making skills.
- The teacher testily scolded the student for not completing their homework.
- The doctor testily explained the side effects of the medication to the patient.
- The driver testily shouted at the cyclist who cut them off in traffic.
- The librarian testily hushed a patron who was talking too loudly in the library.
FAQs About the word testily
in a petulant manner
fiery,irritable, crabby,peevish, prickly, waspish, grouchy, cranky, choleric, petulant
gregarious, friendly, genial, extraverted,cordial, good-natured, amiable, genial, outgoing, sweet
The manager testily reprimanded the employee for their tardiness.
The professor testily interrupted the student to correct a factual error.
The neighbor testily complained about the loud music coming from my apartment.
The cashier testily demanded payment for the groceries after the customer hesitated.
