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pettish

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pet·tish  (ptsh)
adj.
Ill-tempered; peevish.
[Probably from pet.]
pettish·ly adv.
pettish·ness n.
pettish [ˈpɛtɪʃ]
adj
peevish; petulant a pettish child
[from pet2]
pettishly  adv
pettishness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pettish - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
irritable, peevish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, nettlesome, peckish, cranky, fractious
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
Translations
pettish [ˈpetɪʃ] ADJ → malhumorado
pettish
adj, pettishly
adv → bockig (inf)


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I now forgave him from my heart his reckless slight of me, and I felt ashamed at my pettish resentment of such a trifle - ashamed too of those bitter envious pangs that gnawed my inmost heart, in spite of all this admiration and delight.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
(Marred is a Yorkshire word and means spoiled and pettish.
The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context
Monson, throwing down an evening paper in a pettish manner, that sufficiently denoted discontent.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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