tetchiness

First the tetchiness at Lord's, then the handshake handbags at Old Trafford, now this.

Given his experience, Dawson will not be rattled by the tetchiness that began at Lord's and has carried to Old Trafford.

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.