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testy
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)
- Easily annoyed, irritable.
- 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
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spiteful
English
Alternative forms
- spightful (obsolete)
- spightfull (obsolete)
- spitefull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English spytefulle, equivalent to spite +? -ful.
Adjective
spiteful (comparative spitefuller, superlative spitefullest)
- Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm.
- Synonyms: malignant, malicious
Translations
Further reading
- spiteful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- spiteful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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