testiness
Quick to snap
Testiness is a state of being easily irritated or impatient.
It describes a short-tempered quality that shows in snappish responses or quick annoyance: His testiness after a long day made everyone walk on eggshells.
The word suggests irritability that's visible to others, often over minor provocations.
Bad-tempered disposition
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
- snappinessTerse, lively sharpness
- grouchinessIll-tempered state
- peevishnessIrritable, querulous disposition
irascibility · touchiness · surliness · petulance · querulousness · fretfulness · crossness · tetchiness
Mild anger or inflammation
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
- displeasureMild anger or disapproval
vexation · pique · chagrin · disgruntlement · impatience · brusqueness · curtness · abruptness
Readiness to feel slighted
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- oversensitivityExcessive emotional reactivity
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
- reactivityTendency to chemically combine
defensiveness · wariness · guardedness · prickliness · vulnerability · bristling · huffy · wounded
Pressure, mental or vocal
- strainExcessive stretching force
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- edginessRestless nervous tension
unease · agitation · on-edge · wound-up · high-strung · overwrought · frazzled · keyed-up
grumpiness
Bad-tempered disposition
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
- snappinessTerse, lively sharpness
- grouchinessIll-tempered state
peevishness · irascibility · touchiness · surliness · petulance · querulousness · fretfulness · crossness · tetchiness · crotchetiness
irritation
Mild anger or inflammation
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
displeasure · vexation · pique · chagrin · disgruntlement · impatience · brusqueness · curtness · abruptness · edginess
touchiness
Readiness to feel slighted
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- oversensitivityExcessive emotional reactivity
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
reactivity · defensiveness · wariness · guardedness · prickliness · vulnerability · bristling · huffy · wounded · insecurity
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- strainExcessive stretching force
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
edginess · unease · agitation · on-edge · wound-up · high-strung · overwrought · frazzled · keyed-up · uptight
- bad attitudesnegativity, cynicism, pessimism, hostility, contempt
- displeasuredispleasure, dissatisfaction, discontent, annoyance, irritation
- grumpinessgrumpiness, crankiness, moodiness, sullenness, grouchiness
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
- sensitivitysensitivity, sensitive, hypersensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitive
testinesspatience
Calm during delays
calmness · serenity · equanimity · tranquility · composure
testinessaffability
Warm, friendly disposition
geniality · amiability · good-naturedness · friendliness · cordiality
tested, testing, detest, testy, tester, untested, detestable, retest, testily