Clues for the word "TESTY"
We've had 114 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 583 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on August 20, 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
- Easily set off
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - August 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 13, 2026
- New York Times - July 25, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 25, 2026
- Daily American - June 25, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 25, 2026
- New York Times - April 28, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - April 07, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 09, 2026
- Daily American - February 08, 2026
- 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
- And in 553 more crossword puzzles...