testier; testiest
1
: easily annoyed : irritable
2
: marked by impatience or ill humor
testy remarks
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Examples of testy in a Sentence
that coworker would be easier to get along with if she weren't so testy all the time
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There's also the constant chatter about regulating Big Tech, including numerous testy hearings over the past few years, but still no legislation.
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Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
The cast of characters over his 35 books and counting includes an orphan named Not Sidney Poitier, a sociopathic rhino hunter who wants to turn the Grand Canyon into an amusement park, and, in multiple works, testy English professors named Percival Everett.
—James Yeh, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2024
At a testy breakfast on May 19, 1981, Richard Richards, chair of the Republican National Committee, confronted a who’s who from the right, ranging from Dolan, Weyrich, and Schlafly to the billionaire oilman and John Birch Society member Bunker Hunt.
—Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made By History, TIME, 10 June 2024
Since forming his current government — the most right-wing and religiously conservative in Israel’s history — 17 months ago, Mr. Netanyahu has had an increasingly testy relationship with Mr. Biden.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 2 June 2024
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Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
The cast of characters over his 35 books and counting includes an orphan named Not Sidney Poitier, a sociopathic rhino hunter who wants to turn the Grand Canyon into an amusement park, and, in multiple works, testy English professors named Percival Everett.
—James Yeh, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2024
At a testy breakfast on May 19, 1981, Richard Richards, chair of the Republican National Committee, confronted a who’s who from the right, ranging from Dolan, Weyrich, and Schlafly to the billionaire oilman and John Birch Society member Bunker Hunt.
—Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made By History, TIME, 10 June 2024
Since forming his current government — the most right-wing and religiously conservative in Israel’s history — 17 months ago, Mr. Netanyahu has had an increasingly testy relationship with Mr. Biden.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 2 June 2024
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“Testy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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