tetchily
adverb
uk/ˈtetʃ.əl.i/us/ˈtetʃ.əl.i/in a way thatshowsyou getangryorannoyedeasily:
易怒地，暴躁地；情绪易波动地He tetchilydismissedtheclaim.他没好气地驳回了这一说法。
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tetchy
- Sherangdown to thereception, andaskedtetchily whether she had been given thecorrectroomnumber.
- Tetchily, the Dukeorderedthat Grant beprotected.
- He was amilitantantismoker,sighingtetchily andthrowingopenthewindowswhenvisitorslitup,evenwhen it wassnowingoutside.
- "Oh nevermind," he said tetchily as no one in theaudiencerespondedto hisdig.
- "Give me abreak," heresponded, tetchily.
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
- testiness
- testy
- tetchiness