Upright vs Testy - What's the difference?
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Vertical; erect.
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* 1782 , Fanny Burney, Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress , volume V, Book X, chapter X: “A Termination”,
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Greater in height than breadth.
(figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
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A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
(informal) An upright piano.
Easily annoyed, irritable.
Marked by impatience or ill humor.
As adjectives the difference between upright and testy
is that upright is vertical; erect while testy is easily annoyed, irritable.As an adverb upright
is in or into an upright position.As a noun upright
is any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.upright
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I was standing upright , waiting for my orders.
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- Supported by pillows, ?he ?at almo?t upright .
Synonyms
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Holonyms
* (word clued by successive letters) double acrostic, triple acrostictesty
English
Adjective
(er)- He made testy remarks.