The Best Tomatoes to Grow, page-6

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tetchy

[ˈtɛtʃi]

ADJECTIVE

tetchy (adjective) · tetchier (comparative adjective) · tetchiest (superlative adjective)

1. irritable and bad-tempered.

   "she had always been tetchy and impatient with him" · "a tetchy statement"

   synonyms:

   irritable · irascible · peevish · crotchety · cantankerous · cross · fractious · disagreeable · pettish · crabbed · crabby · waspish · prickly · testy · peppery · impatient · grumpy · bad-tempered · ill-tempered · ill-natured · ill-humoured · touchy · scratchy · volatile · crusty · dyspeptic · splenetic · liverish · short-tempered · hot-tempered · quick-tempered · choleric · snappish · snappy · chippy · grouchy · cranky · on a short fuse · shirty · narky · ratty · eggy · like a bear with a sore head · peckish · soreheaded · snaky · miffy

   antonyms:

   good-humoured

ORIGIN

late 16th century: probably from a variant of Scots tache ‘blotch, fault’, from Old French teche.

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