📚 Testy, adjective.
🔉 /ˈtɛsti/ 🇬🇧
❓ Definition: Easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered.
❗️ Examples:
1. His testy, disapproving father.
2. She could see him growing quite testy beneath that polished urbanity.
3. He seems impatient with you, almost testy to the point of animosity.
4. Years later, the sacking still makes the normally placid Burt uncharacteristically testy, but he doesn't dwell on it.
5. The minute he is questioned, he becomes testy and defensive.
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