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:
- surly
- off-colored
- pugnacious
- curmudgeonly
- snarly
- thin-skinned
- cranky
- truculent
- huffy
- contentious
- ornery
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- pouty
- quarrelsome
- fractious
- cross-grained
- combative
- disputatious
- snippety
- scrappy
- off-color
- short
- ill-natured
- bilious
- tetchy
- belligerent
- argumentative
- ratty
- dyspeptic
- bearish
- snappy
- bellicose
- cantankerous
- fretful
- sulky
- touchy
- disagreeable
- prickly
- sullen
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FAQs About the word pettish
easily irritated or annoyedFretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
fiery,irritable, crotchety, snarky, out of humor, cross, waspish, testy, choleric, sensitive
extraverted, sociable, agreeable, friendly, affable, companionable, extroverted, cordial, genial, extroverted
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.
