different between testy vs grizzly

English

Etymology

Middle English testif (“headstrong”), from Old French testu, from teste (“head”) + -u. Compare modern French tête (“head”), têtu (“stubborn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?sti/
• Rhymes: -?sti

Adjective

testy (comparative testier, superlative testiest)

1. Easily annoyed, irritable.
2. Marked by impatience or ill humor.

   He made testy remarks.

Synonyms

• touchy
• tetchy

Derived terms

• testily
• testiness

Translations

See also

• heady
• teston

Anagrams

• Setty, tyets, yetts

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????zli/
• Homophone: grisly

Etymology 1

From grizzle +? -y.

Adjective

grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)

1. Grey-haired, greyish.
2. Misspelling of grisly.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with grisly or gristly.

Synonyms

• (grey-haired): grizzled, grisly (misspelling), hoary; see also Thesaurus:elderly

Derived terms

• grizzly bear

Related terms

• silver-haired, silvery-haired
• white-haired

Noun

grizzly (plural grizzlies)

1. A grizzly bear.

   Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!

2. (US, dialect) In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

grizzly (comparative grizzlier, superlative grizzliest)

1. Crying or whingeing in a bad-tempered or irritable way.

Translations

References

• grizzly at OneLook Dictionary Search
• grizzly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Czech

Alternative forms

• grizly

Etymology

English grizzly

Noun

grizzly m

1. grizzly, grizzly bear

Derived terms

• gryzzlí

Further reading

• grizzly in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• grizzly in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English grizzly.

Noun

grizzly

1. Synonym of orso grizzly

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English grizzly.

Noun

grizzly m (plural grizzly)

1. grizzly bear (A North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear)

Declension

Synonyms

• urs grizzly

References

grizzly in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)