testiness
noun[U]
uk/ˈtes.ti.nəs/us/ˈtes.ti.nəs/thequalityofbecomingannoyedveryeasilyand of not beingpatient:
暴躁,易怒Tiredness mayaccountfor some of his testiness.疲倦可能是他暴躁的部分原因。
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testy
- He wasknownfor hisdisplaysof testiness to thepress.
- Then, with testiness in hervoice, sheadded, "Sometimes abreakfastis just abreakfast."
- They werefrayedat theedgesand itshowedintheirtestiness .
- By thefollowingmorningthere was aconsiderableamountofirritabilityand testiness in theair.
- Heexhibitsnone of the Prime Minister's ill-concealed testiness.
Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheelsidiom
- be like a bear with a sore headidiom
- be spoiling for a fightidiom
- grumpily
- grumpiness
- grumpy
- have a short fuseidiom
- hell
- petulance
- petulant
- petulantly
- pugnacious
- pugnacity
- surliness
- testily
- testy
- tetchily
- tetchiness