tetchy

Other forms of tetchy

comparative or superlative

tetchier

comparative or superlative

tetchiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tetchy

What does tetchy mean?

tetchy means "easily irritated or annoyed".

How many syllables are in tetchy?

tetchy has 2 syllables and divides as tet-chy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tetchy?

Close synonyms include cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tetchy a common word?

tetchy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.