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Definition of Pettish
1. Adjective. Easily irritated or annoyed. "Not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Crank, Crankiness, Fractiousness, Irritability, Irritability, Peevishness, Pettishness, Petulance, Testiness, Tetchiness
Definition of Pettish
1. a. Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
Definition of Pettish
1. Adjective. bad-tempered; peevish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pettish
1. peevish [adj] - See also: peevish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pettish
Literary usage of Pettish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"Then with an arch laugh sidewise, cleat Mid tears and freaks of pettish misery,
And sighing, " I am April," answered she; " I rear the field flowers for my ..."
2. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"A pettish PET. OF O KEEFE. On a cold, clear morning, in February, '97, I was
traveling along a mountain trail on horseback. Blankets, snow shoes and the ..."
3. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign by James Wood (1893)
"... modo—With te:ir> always in abundance, and always ready at their station, and
awaiting her signal to Sow as she bids them. /wz>., of a pettish woman, ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"•игл-, testy, touchy, cantankerous, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish,
snappish, waspish, marling, cynical, ..."
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