testy Definition

testy
adj

testier, testiest
1. Irritable; bad-tempered; touchy.

Thesaurus: irritable, peevish, snappy, quick-tempered, cross, cantankerous, petulant, touchy, quarrelsome, grumpy, irascible; Antonym: equable, even-tempered.

Derivative: testily
adverb

Derivative: testiness
noun

Etymology: 16c; 14c in obsolete sense ‘impetuous': from French testif headstrong.