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