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31fretfulness — n. Peevishness, petulance, touchiness, testiness, snappishness, waspishness, pettishness, spleen, captiousness, irritability, ill humor, ill temper …
32ill-humor — n. Fretfulness, peevishness, petulance, testiness, ill temper …
33irritability — n. 1. Irascibility, fretfulness, testiness, peevishness, petulance, excitability, snappishness. 2. Susceptibility (to the influence of a stimulus). 3. Excitability, high susceptibility …
34petulance — n. Peevishness, fretfulness, testiness, waspishness, crustiness, pettishness, snappishness, irritability, ill temper …
35touchiness — n. Peevishness, snappishness, testiness, irritability, irascibility, petulance, fretfulness, spleen, pettishness …
36testy — adjective impatient and easily annoyed; irritable: a testy old man | testy remarks testily adverb: “You can t!” Ralph interrupted him testily. testiness noun (U) …
37exasperation — noun she provoked exasperation among her colleagues Syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, anger, fury, rage, ill humor, crossness, testiness, tetchiness; disgruntlement, discontent, displeasure, chagrin; informal aggravation …
38impatience — noun 1) he was shifting in his seat with impatience Syn: restlessness, restiveness, agitation, nervousness, anxiety; eagerness, keenness; informal jitteriness 2) a burst of impatience Syn: irritability, testiness, tetchiness …
39temper — 1. noun 1) he walked out in a temper Syn: fit of rage, rage, fury, fit of pique, tantrum, bad mood, mood, sulk, huff; informal grump, snit, hissy fit 2) a display of temper Syn …
40impatient — impatient, nervous, unquiet, restless, restive, uneasy, fidgety, jumpy, jittery are comparable when they mean manifesting signs of unrest or an inability to keep still or quiet. Impatient implies an inability to bear some trial (as delay,… …
