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pettish

[pet-ish] / ˈpɛt ɪʃ /








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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

With Labor in a pettish temper, the President sped Secretary Perkins off to San Francisco to address the convention.

From Time Magazine Archive

The $196 million trade pact was abruptly canceled by Peking in a pettish squabble about a Chinese trade delegation's right to fly the Red flag in Tokyo.

From Time Magazine Archive

"She does not care for me, you see," he said, in a sweet, half pettish manner, as we left the pavilion.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth