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