testy Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite easily irritated or annoyed
peckish; nettlesome; tetchy; petulant; cranky; techy; fractious; irritable; scratchy; pettish; peevish.
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

OF. testu obstinate, headstrong, F. têtu, fr. OF. teste the head, F. tête. See Test a cupel.

comparative Testier ; superlative Testiest

Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Must I observe you? must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor? Shak.

I was displeased with myself; I was testy. Latimer.