Home › Words › T › tiffytiffytiffy · adj — easily offended; apt to be annoyed.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tiffy ranks #16,093 of 42,862 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom tiff + -y.adjEasily offended; apt to be annoyed.nounA Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber aircraft.A military mechanic.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tiffish 78% match — Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant; quarrelsome. vs tiffy →miffy 74% match — Easily irritated or offended. vs tiffy →tift 71% match — A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff. vs tiffy →tetchy 64% match — Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figurative) extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work. vs tiffy →testy 64% match — Easily annoyed, irritable. vs tiffy →touchous 60% match — Touchy; overly sensitive. vs tiffy →tettish 60% match — nitpicky or testy vs tiffy →touchy 60% match — Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness. vs tiffy →