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