Clues for the word "TESTY"
We've had 113 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 568 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on January 17, 2026.
Definition of testy
- superl. - Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Referring Clues
- Snappish
- Irritable and impatient
- Irascible
- Cantankerous
- Not handling criticism well
- Cross
- Short-tempered
- Fractious
- Ill-tempered
- Irritable
- Short, say
- Out of humor
- Apt to snap
- Hardly easygoing
- Disagreeable
- Not easygoing
- Ready to snap
- Short-fused
- On edge
- Huffish
- A bit quick to be ticked
- Peevish
- Easily irritated
- Thin-skinned
- Out of sorts
- Liable to lose it
- In a foul mood
- Inclined to snap
- In a bad mood
- Bad-tempered
- Having little patience
- Petulant
- In a snit
- Impatient
- In a crabby mood
- Quick to be ticked
- Easily annoyed
- Quick to get ticked
- Irritable and impatient, e.g.
- In a peeved mood
- With a short fuse
- Ticked off
- Quick to get angry
- Inclined to strike out
- In a peevish mood
- Unpleasant to be around
- In a sour mood
- Choleric
- Ill-humored
- Easily snapping
- Cranky
- Easily angered
- Quick to flip
- Peckish
- Crab-like
- In a mood
- Clearly low on patience
- Apt to strike out
- Quick-tempered
- Touchy
- Best left alone
- Looking for a fight
- Easily irked
- Easily vexed
- Easily irritated or annoyed
- Grouchy
- Acting irritable
- Nettlesome
- Easily nettled
- Irritably impatient
- Easily ticked off
- Feisty and easy to anger
- Truculent
- Not to be messed with
- In a ticked-off mood
- Irritable jury's conclusion after trial
- Irritable youth leader on trial
- Peevish due to a trying time
- Snappy in quite stylish fashion
- Tryingly peevish?
- Peevish about those matches England are apt to lose?
- Peevish about England's cricket performance?
- At the close of play, the match is ill-humoured
- Tryingly irritable
- Trying to be touchy?
- In a mean mood
- Irritable, first in yard after exam
- Irritable, youth leader after trial
- Quick to complain
- Mostly set up and easily upset
- Apt to blow up
- Grumpy
- In a pet
- Apt to be trying
- Grumpy with the match at the close of play
- Obviously apt to be trying
- Tryingly irascible
- Quick to anger
- Short
- Irascible letters to pen
- Quick to snap
- Quick to get defensive, perhaps
- Grouchy on exam day?
- Tryingly peevish?
- Peevish about those matches England are apt to lose?
- Peevish about England's cricket performance?
- Easily put out
- Easily made irritable
- Quick to start in, perhaps
- Like someone with a short fuse
- Trying to be touchy?
- Having a short fuse
- In an irritable mood
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - January 17, 2026
- Daily American - January 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 26, 2025
- New York Times - December 22, 2025
- Daily American - December 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 24, 2025
- Daily American - October 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 08, 2025
- LA Times - August 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 17, 2025
- New York Times - August 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 16, 2025
- New York Times - June 24, 2025
- Daily American - June 20, 2025
- New York Times - June 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 28, 2025
- LA Times - May 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 04, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 17, 2025
- Daily American - March 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 18, 2025
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