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