techy
/'tetʃi/ Cách viết khác : (techy) /'tetʃi/
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Definition
Adjective: 1. Easily irritated or annoyed: Describes a person who becomes irritated, impatient, or annoyed with little provocation. It implies a tendency to be short-tempered or touchy. - The long wait in the hot sun made the customers quite techy. - He's been feeling techy all morning because of the lack of sleep.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The manager was in a techy mood after the meeting was canceled.
- Don't be so techy; it was just a simple mistake.
- Her techy response suggested she was under a lot of stress.
Advanced Usage
- "to get/become techy": to start becoming irritated or short-tempered.
- He tends to get techy when he's hungry.
- "in a techy tone/voice": speaking in a manner that shows irritation.
- "What now?" she asked in a techy voice.
Variants and Related Words
- Tetchy (adjective): This is the more common modern spelling of the word, with the same meaning (easily irritated or annoyed).
- She's been a bit tetchy since she started her new medication.
- Techiness / Tetchiness (noun): The state or quality of being easily annoyed.
- His constant techiness was starting to wear on his colleagues.
Synonyms
- Irritable: Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.
- Touchy: Oversensitive and irritable.
- Peevish: Easily irritated, especially by unimportant things.
- Cranky: Ill-tempered, irritable, or cross.
- Fractious: (Typically of a child) irritable and quarrelsome.
Antonyms
- Easygoing: Relaxed and tolerant in attitude or manner.
- Patient: Able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.
- Good-humored: Cheerful and amiable.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "On a short fuse": Having a tendency to become angry very quickly. (This idiom conveys a similar idea to being techy.)
- Be careful what you say to him; he's on a short fuse today.
Adjective
- easily irritated or annoyed
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen