tetchiness

And there is tetchiness in the air - as Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman wrote about here.

The tourists also showed signs of tetchiness sparked by India's running on the pitch.

The tetchiness of the creative temperament is on grand, empathetic display in “Showing Up,” Kelly Reichardt’s exquisitely observed art-world comedy, and “Afire,” Christian Petzold’s tense, biting tale of a working holiday gone awry.

Songwriting didn’t come easily to him, a problem compounded by his tetchiness with lead singers, leaving him on a constant hunt for new material or writing partners.

This was a debate which crackled with energy and tetchiness underpinned by jeopardy.