Sentence example with the word 'testy'

testy

bad-tempered, captious, crabby, crusty, feisty, hot-tempered, irascible, peevish, querulous, spleeny, waspish

Definition adj. easily irritated or annoyed

Last update: July 2, 2015


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He interrupted the conversation with a testy remark.   [adjective]

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A little testy today, aren't we?   [adjective]

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Of his numerous other Bohemian works we may mention the Postilla (collection of sermons), the treatises 0 poznani testy grave k spaseni (the true road to salvation) and O svatokupectvi (on simony), and a large collection of letters; those written in prison are very touching.   [adjective]

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Come, come, forget and forgive--confess we have given the young fellow here a right to think us two testy old fools.   [adjective]

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The crusty gentleman, who, from the solemnity of his delivery, expected something extraordinary, no sooner heard his conclusion, than he started up in a testy humour, crying, "Pshaw, pshaw."   [adjective]

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The testy senior could no longer contain himself, but cried hastily, "'Tis well known that your tongue is no slanderer."'   [adjective]

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It made him testy.   [adjective]

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A little testy today, aren't we?   [Please select]

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A playful mood would often follow the testy humor.   [Please select]

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He had inherited a testy strain of temper, and was frequently most obstinate and perverse.   [Please select]

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"You are only feckless--only feckless, as the Scotch say," she rejoined with testy sadness.   [Please select]

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