pettish Antonyms
Strongest:
- sweet
- amiable
- gregarious
- extraverted
- agreeable
- good-natured
- outgoing
- genial
- agreeable
- cordial
- cordial
- sociable
- outgoing
- good-natured
- extraverted
- friendly
- sociable
- affable
- companionable
- companionable
- amiable
- extroverted
- affable
- gregarious
- sweet
- friendly
- extroverted
- genial
Strong:
- stoical
- well-disposed
- carefree
- easygoing
- stoical
- uncomplaining
- good-tempered
- patient
- carefree
- good-tempered
- patient
- forbearing
- relaxed
- well-disposed
- relaxed
- stoic
- stoic
- tolerant
- tolerant
- forbearing
- easygoing
- uncomplaining
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- grumpy
- sensitive
- short-tempered
- peevish
- snappish
- testy
- waspish
- querulous
- grouchy
- out-of-sorts
- crabby
- raspy
- passionate
- out-of-humor
- snarky
- snippy
- petulant
- perverse
- irascible
- choleric
- crotchety
- stuffy
- cross
- quick-tempered
Weak:
- bellicose
- snippety
- bilious
- short
- touchy
- pouty
- sulky
- fractious
- quarrelsome
- thin-skinned
- ill-humored
- truculent
- surly
- off-color
- snappy
- cranky
- argumentative
- cross-grained
- off-colored
- sullen
- pugnacious
- belligerent
- scrappy
- bearish
- prickly
- huffy
- ratty
- contentious
- dyspeptic
- fretful
- curmudgeonly
- disputatious
- tetchy
- ill-natured
- ill-tempered
- combative
- ornery
- cantankerous
- disagreeable
- snarly
Meaning of pettish
pettish (s)
easily irritated or annoyed
pettish (a.)
Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
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.
fiery,irritable, grumpy, sensitive, short-tempered,peevish, snappish, testy, waspish, querulous
sweet, amiable, gregarious, extraverted, agreeable, good-natured, outgoing, genial, agreeable, 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.
