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单词 tetchiness
释义
tetchiness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtetʃ.i.nəs/us
/ˈtetʃ.i.nəs/
thequalityof gettingangryorannoyedveryeasily:
易怒暴躁的性情；情绪易波动的性格
Hertirednesshadturnedto tetchiness.她的疲倦变成了暴躁。
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  • When wemetforourinterviewhe waswary,ratherrigidand given to tetchiness.
  • Theheatwavesof highsummerraiseanyworkplacetetchiness tofeverpitch.
  • Hisensuingtetchiness atreportersledto afarcicalconference.
  • His tetchiness gives theimpressionthat he is a manfeelingthestressof hisjobasinterimmanager.
  • It was acontriveddisplayofunitywhich wouldbarelymaskthe tetchiness andstrainsallegedlycorrodingthe "specialrelationship".
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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
  • tetchily
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(Definition oftetchinessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftetchiness

tetchiness
I am sorry that mytetchinessprovokes such music-hall humour.
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It is lovely to see him beaming again and recovered from that fit oftetchinesswhich alarmed us all.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Just occasionallytetchinesshas broken out but never for long, and it has always been interesting.
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He has learned that a little more control of that "tetchiness" of his will get him a little further forward.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It seems thattetchinessis catching tonight.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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