testier; testiest
1
: easily annoyed : irritable
2
: marked by impatience or ill humor
testy remarks
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Examples of testy in a Sentence
that coworker would be easier to get along with if she weren't so testy all the time
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That will complicate his next four years in office, which will also likely involve a testy relationship with China.
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Chien-Hua Wan and Debby Wu / Bloomberg, TIME, 21 May 2024
Bob, Stan and Edsel take a meeting in the Oval Office with JFK, played by Bill Burr as the testiest JFK imaginable.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 May 2024
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Chien-Hua Wan and Debby Wu / Bloomberg, TIME, 21 May 2024
Bob, Stan and Edsel take a meeting in the Oval Office with JFK, played by Bill Burr as the testiest JFK imaginable.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 May 2024
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“Testy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testy. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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