Meaning of PETTISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'petish
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| | Definition: | | [adj] easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" |
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| | Synonyms: | | cranky, fractious, ill-natured, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy |
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| | Definition: | | \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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