Techy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

easily irritated or annoyed

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈɛki/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈɛki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈɛki/

2 syllables Say it as /tˈɛki/.

Examples

an incorrigibly fractious young man
not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fractious cranky tetchy peckish scratchy peevish irritable pettish nettlesome petulant testy

Parts of Speech

adjective

easily irritated or annoyed

“an incorrigibly fractious young man”

Word Forms

crank	noun	a bad-tempered person
crankiness	noun	a fussy and eccentric disposition
fractiousness	noun	the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
irritability	noun	an irritable petulant feeling
peevishness	noun	an irritable petulant feeling
pettishness	noun	a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
petulance	noun	an irritable petulant feeling
testiness	noun	feeling easily irritated
tetchiness	noun	feeling easily irritated

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

technisch

leicht gereizt oder genervt

🇫🇷French

irritable

facilement irrité ou ennuyé

🇪🇸Spanish

irritable

fácilmente irritado o molesto

🇮🇹Italian

tecnologico

facilmente irritabile o infastidito

🇳🇱Dutch

technisch

gemakkelijk geïrriteerd of geïrriteerd

🇵🇹Portuguese

técnico

facilmente irritado ou irritado

🇷🇺Russian

обидчивый

легко раздражается или раздражается

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चिड़चिड़ा

आसानी से चिढ़ जाना या परेशान होना

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রযুক্তিগত

সহজেই বিরক্ত বা বিরক্ত

🇮🇳Tamil

தொழில்நுட்பமான

எளிதில் எரிச்சல் அல்லது எரிச்சல்

🇮🇳Telugu

సాంకేతికమైన

సులభంగా చిరాకు లేదా చిరాకు

🇮🇳Marathi

तांत्रिक

सहज चिडचिड किंवा नाराज

🇮🇳Gujarati

તકનીકી

સરળતાથી ચિડાઈ જવું અથવા નારાજ

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞ

ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿ ಅಥವಾ ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സാങ്കേതികതയുള്ള

എളുപ്പത്തിൽ പ്രകോപിതരാകുകയോ ശല്യപ്പെടുത്തുകയോ ചെയ്യുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਕਨੀਕੀ

ਆਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਚਿੜਚਿੜੇ ਜਾਂ ਨਾਰਾਜ਼

🇵🇰Urdu

تکنیکی

آسانی سے چڑچڑا یا ناراض

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

技术性的

容易被激怒或恼怒

🇯🇵Japanese

技術的な

簡単にイライラしたりイライラしたりする

🇰🇷Korean

성 잘 내는

쉽게 짜증을 내거나 짜증을 낸다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kỹ thuật

dễ bị kích thích hoặc khó chịu

🇹🇭Thai

ขี้เทคนิค

หงุดหงิดหรือรำคาญได้ง่าย

🇮🇩Indonesian

teknis

mudah tersinggung atau jengkel

🇲🇾Malay

berteknologi tinggi

mudah jengkel atau jengkel

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

فنی

به راحتی تحریک می شود یا اذیت می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

teknoloji meraklısı

kolayca sinirlenir veya sinirlenir

🇮🇱Hebrew

טכני

מתעצבן או מתעצבן בקלות

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