Англо-русский словарь - tetchy
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tetchy
adj. обидчивый; раздражительный; tetchy horse - лошадь с норовом tetchy subject - щекотливая тема
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adj. (also techy) (-ier, -iest) peevish, irritable. Derivatives tetchily adv. tetchiness n. Etymology: prob. f. tecche, tache blemish, fault f. OF teche, tache ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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adjective (tetchier; -est) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete tetch habit Date: 1592 irritably or peevishly sensitive ; touchy the ~ manner of two women living in the same house — Elizabeth Taylor †1975 • tetchily adverb • tetchiness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(tetchier, tetchiest) If you say that someone is tetchy, you mean they are bad-tempered and likely to get angry suddenly without an obvious reason. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) You always get tetchy when you’re hungry... He was in a particularly tetchy mood yesterday. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj likely to get angry or upset easily (Jane's a bit tetchy this morning, watch what you say to her.) - tetchily adv - tetchiness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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