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ärtyisä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cranky adjective Easily irritated; grumpy and bad-tempered.
  • fretful adj Given to fretting.
  • grouchy adjective Easily irritated and inclined to complain.
  • grumpy adj Easily annoyed and bad-tempered.
  • irritable adjective Easily annoyed or made angry; short-tempered.
  • snappy adjective Quick and to the point, often used approvingly.

Senses

ärtyisä is used for these senses in English:

  • cranky Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
  • fretful Irritable; bad-tempered; grumpy; peevish.
  • grouchy (originally, student slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain. [From 1895]
  • grumpy Dissatisfied and irritable.
  • irritable Easily exasperated or excited.
  • snappy (informal) Irritable.

cranky — full definition

  1. adjective Easily irritated; grumpy and bad-tempered.
  2. adjective Not working properly; faulty or unreliable.

fretful — full definition

  1. adj Given to fretting.
  2. adj Unable to relax: fidgety; restless; worried; anxious.
  3. adj Irritable; bad-tempered; grumpy; peevish.

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