tetchily Sentence Examples
- "Don't tetchily interrupt me," snapped the teacher.
- The receptionist answered the phone tetchily, her voice laced with exasperation.
- The children tetchily complained about the long wait for their food.
- The boss tetchily demanded a report on his desk by the end of the day.
- The neighbor's tetchily barked at our dog whenever it got too close to their property.
- The old woman tetchily insisted on having her way.
- The student tetchily scribbled notes during the lecture, trying to keep up.
- The driver tetchily honked his horn at the car in front of him.
- The child tetchily refused to go to bed, even though it was past midnight.
- The manager tetchily scolded the employee for making a mistake.
tetchily Meaning
Wordnet
tetchily (r)
in an ill-natured and tetchy manner
Synonyms & Antonyms of tetchily
Synonyms:
- irascible
- grumpy
- snappish
- crotchety
- testy
- grouchy
- supersensitive
- peevish
- petulant
- hypersensitive
- thin-skinned
- waspish
- oversensitive
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- cross-grained
- surly
- disagreeable
- snippy
- crabby
- choleric
- cantankerous
- bearish
- curmudgeonly
- short-tempered
- raspy
- quick-tempered
- ill-tempered
- cross
- cranky
- stroppy
- ratty
- ill-natured
- tender
- perverse
- querulous
- snappy
- prickly
- pettish
- dyspeptic
- stuffy
- bilious
- snarky
- snippety
- ornery
- ill-humored
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word tetchily
in an ill-natured and tetchy manner
ticklish, touchy,irritable, sensitive, huffy, irascible, grumpy, snappish, crotchety, testy
amiable, agreeable, good-natured, agreeable,amiable, good-natured, easygoing, good-tempered, long-suffering, long-suffering
"Don't tetchily interrupt me," snapped the teacher.
The receptionist answered the phone tetchily, her voice laced with exasperation.
The children tetchily complained about the long wait for their food.
The boss tetchily demanded a report on his desk by the end of the day.
