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pettish
adjective as in cross
adjective as in disagreeable
adjective as in fractious
adjective as in grumpy
adjective as in huffy
adjective as in quarrelsome
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in touchy
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Example Sentences
Well, then, it won't do for you to come and be pettish here because you have seen a man in my box.
This morning angry a little in the morning, and my house being so much out of order makes me a little pettish.
His tone was pettish and he stooped down and began to toss splinters and broken boards upon the woodpile.
My father, as anybody may naturally imagine, came down with my mother into the country, in but a pettish kind of a humour.
She soothed the lovelorn and pettish damsel with every expression that could gratify pride and rouse high thoughts of revenge.
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On this page you'll find 298 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pettish, such as: annoyed, caviling, faultfinding, peeved, short, and vexed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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