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Pettish
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What's The Definition Of Pettish?
[adj] easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pettish: cranky | fractious | ill-natured | irritable | nettlesome | peckish | peevish | petulant | techy | testy | tetchy Related Terms | Find terms related to Pettish: See Also | Pettish In Webster's Dictionary \Pet"tish\, a. [From {Pet}.]
Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
``A pettish kind of humor.'' --Sterne. -- {Pet"tish*ly}, adv.
-- {Pet"tish*ness}, n.
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