as in irritable
easily offended
a morose and tetchy resident of a nursing home
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Recent Examples of tetchy
Laying bright, bracing guitars over taut, tetchy, minimalist drums and bass, their sound brings to mind Wire and the very earliest Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
Wentz had already had a tetchy relationship with a previous high-profile backup, Nick Foles, and Hurts was no sure thing: in college, at Alabama, he’d been benched in the middle of the national championship game in favor of Tua Tagovailoa, who was seen as a more dynamic, high-upside prospect.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
His years of watching films and writing about them had given him a tetchy sort of autonomy.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
But an encounter on the road with a couple of hooligans leads instead to a courtroom in Detroit, where Raylan gives testimony and Willa is chastised by tetchy Judge Alvin Guy (Keith David, sonorous as always) for laughing at cat videos on her phone.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
Wentz had already had a tetchy relationship with a previous high-profile backup, Nick Foles, and Hurts was no sure thing: in college, at Alabama, he’d been benched in the middle of the national championship game in favor of Tua Tagovailoa, who was seen as a more dynamic, high-upside prospect.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
His years of watching films and writing about them had given him a tetchy sort of autonomy.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
But an encounter on the road with a couple of hooligans leads instead to a courtroom in Detroit, where Raylan gives testimony and Willa is chastised by tetchy Judge Alvin Guy (Keith David, sonorous as always) for laughing at cat videos on her phone.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tetchy
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Coupled with erratic blood sugar levels – often caused by diets high in refined sugars and low in nutrients – these energy dips and spikes can leave you feeling irritable and drained.Lina Begdache, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2025
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This can contribute to symptoms such as fatigue, muscle aches, and irritable mood.Rosanna Sutherby, PharmD, Verywell Health, 3 Jan. 2025
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That strategy should specify how the government, in coordination with state and local officials, will respond to incursions of unauthorized and unidentified drones near sensitive locations, like critical infrastructure.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Hackers can use your device to steal sensitive information, impersonate you, target your contacts, or turn the device into a bot.Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Inevitably all this tumult attracts the attention of a trio of huffy rival confectioners, Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Prodnose (Matt Lucas), and Fickelgruber (Mathew Baynton).Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
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Its engagingly huffy maestro, Michel Troisgros, is preparing to hand over the reins to César, his eldest son and head chef.Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2023
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Stewart Mandel parsed out a difficult — and touchy — topic.Chris Branch, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
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The amphitheater is a touchy issue for another reason.Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
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It’s certainly made for these (end) times: a lushly surreal, cynically ticklish goof on the ineffectiveness of political summits as apocalyptic dread mounts.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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While plenty of jokers and pranksters offered responses, most users responded by unexpectedly trauma-dumping on the ticklish Muppet.David Matthews, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Tetchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tetchy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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