Adjective: tetchy (tetchier,tetchiest) te-chee
- Easily irritated or annoyed
"an incorrigibly tetchy young man";
- cranky [informal], fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish [N. Amer, informal], pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, techy, pouty, narky [Brit, slang]
Derived forms: tetchier, tetchiest
See also: ill-natured