pettish
Example Sentences
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Harrumphing and sneering as the Primms’ pettish downstairs neighbor, Gelman grates.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022
Carousel sentimentalizes the redemptive power of parenthood for Billy, a pettish, self-pitying idler and punk whom Hayden plays with an early-Brando sneer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The entire French press was pettish over the fact that Germany has said no official "Thank You" to France for evacuating the Rhineland.
From Time Magazine Archive
With Labor in a pettish temper, the President sped Secretary Perkins off to San Francisco to address the convention.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a pettish movement she pulled down her veil yet further over her face.
From Jane Oglander by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
