PETTISH

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy

(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed; “an incorrigibly fractious young man”; “not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

pettish (comparative more pettish, superlative most pettish)

bad-tempered; peevish

Anagrams

• the pits

Source: Wiktionary


Pet"tish, a. Etym: [From Pet.]

Definition: Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. "A pettish kind of humor." Sterne.

– Pet"tish*ly, adv.

– Pet"tish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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