Tetchiness (Noun)
Meaning
Feeling easily irritated.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- Her tetchiness had been noticeable all morning, ever since she spilled coffee on her shirt.
- After a sleepless night, his tetchiness was on full display as he growled at everyone who crossed his path.
- The heatwave had brought out the tetchiness in the entire city, as frazzled pedestrians snapped at each other on crowded sidewalks.
- Her cold was making her tetchiness even worse, and she was short-tempered with her coworkers all day.
- Stress from the looming deadline was taking its toll, and her tetchiness was starting to grate on her colleagues.