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