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TETCHINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tetchiness mean? 

TETCHINESS (noun)
  The noun TETCHINESS has 1 sense:

1. feeling easily irritatedplay

  Familiarity information: TETCHINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TETCHINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeling easily irritated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

testiness; tetchiness; touchiness

Hypernyms ("tetchiness" is a kind of...):

choler; crossness; fretfulness; fussiness; irritability; peevishness; petulance (an irritable petulant feeling)

Derivation:

tetchy (easily irritated or annoyed)


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