Antonyms for testy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : tes-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛs ti

Definition of testy

Origin : c.1500, "impetuous, rash," from Middle English testif "headstrong" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French testif, Old French testu "stubborn," literally "heady," from teste "head," from Late Latin testa "skull," in classical Latin "pot, shell" (see tester (n.2)). Meaning "easily irritated" is first recorded 1520s.

adj irritable, touchy

Example sentences :

"That's all right, that's all right," was the testy rejoinder.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

This, reader, is the abode of the testy but extremely dignified Mrs. Swiggs.
Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams

He didn't know it, but she was trying to say she was sorry she had been impatient and testy.
Extract from : « Sunny Boy in the Big City » by Ramy Allison White

She was testy too; but this was owing to the neglect she experienced at the hands of her tribe.
Extract from : « Ungava » by R.M. Ballantyne

He was a testy man, and struck the stone an impatient blow with his staff.
Extract from : « Richard Carvel, Complete » by Winston Churchill

Robert Carvel is as testy as the devil with the gout, and you are not unlike him in feature.
Extract from : « Richard Carvel, Complete » by Winston Churchill

But hitherto he had found none to answer his challenge, and his humour was testy.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Trails » by Charles G. D. Roberts

"Ay, but there is listening and listening, mistress," was the testy response.
Extract from : « Sea-Dogs All! » by Tom Bevan

The boy was late getting back to the office, and Whimple was testy.
Extract from : « William Adolphus Turnpike » by William Banks

There were footsteps on the stairs: then a stumble and a testy word.
Extract from : « Tales of Mean Streets » by Arthur Morrison

Synonyms for testy

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