pettish (Meaning)
pettish (s)
easily irritated or annoyed
pettish (a.)
Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
Synonyms & Antonyms of pettish
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Synonyms:
- pouty
- bilious
- snappy
- fretful
- ratty
- cranky
- argumentative
- thin-skinned
- short
- combative
- dyspeptic
- tetchy
- snarly
- surly
- ill-tempered
- huffy
- ill-natured
- disputatious
- snippety
- contentious
- disagreeable
- curmudgeonly
- belligerent
- scrappy
- bearish
- off-colored
- sulky
- off-color
- quarrelsome
- bellicose
- truculent
- cross-grained
- ill-humored
- touchy
- cantankerous
- prickly
- sullen
- fractious
- pugnacious
- ornery
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pettish Sentence Examples
- Her pettish cries echoed through the hallways, signaling her displeasure.
- The child's pettish behavior was a constant source of frustration for his parents.
- With a pettish pout, she refused to eat her vegetables.
- The boss's pettish demands grated on his employees' nerves.
- His pettish jealousy blinded him to his girlfriend's true feelings.
- The pettish feud between the two neighbors had disrupted the entire community.
- Her pettish tantrums revealed her underlying insecurity.
- The pettish remarks made by the politicians did little to inspire confidence.
- The pettishness of their performance left the audience disappointed.
- The pettish resentment she held for her ex-boyfriend consumed her thoughts.
FAQs About the word pettish
easily irritated or annoyedFretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
irritable, fiery, snarky, choleric, quick-tempered, snippy, out of sorts, irascible, out of humor,peevish
extroverted, sociable, extraverted, extraverted, amiable, companionable, genial, sweet, outgoing, cordial
Her pettish cries echoed through the hallways, signaling her displeasure.
The child's pettish behavior was a constant source of frustration for his parents.
With a pettish pout, she refused to eat her vegetables.
The boss's pettish demands grated on his employees' nerves.
