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Definition of Pettishness

1. Noun. A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger. "His temper was well known to all his employees"

Definition of Pettishness

1. Noun. The state of being pettish; peevishness, irritability. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

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Definition of Pettishness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pettishness

Literary usage of Pettishness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Ethical Essay: Or, an Attempt to Enumerate the Several Duties which We by Edward Augustus Holyoke (1830)
"IMPATIENCE, FRETFULNESS, PEEVISHNESS, pettishness. An impatient Disposition is a constant Source of Uneasiness; and when under no Restraint, ..."

2. Quiet Hours: A Collection of Poems. Second Series by Mary Wilder Tileston (1880)
"pettishness. TV/fY mind was ruffled with small cares to-day, -L»-L And I said pettish words, and did not keep Long-suffering patience well; and now how deep ..."

3. English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald (1914)
"Impatience, fret fulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, ... Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any ..."

4. English Synonyms and Antonyms, with Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald (1896)
"Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, ... Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any ..."

5. The Use of the Body in Relation to the Mind by George Moore (1861)
"I observed," he says, "'that in proportion as our strength decayed, our minds exhibited symptoms of weakness, evinced by a kind of unreasonable pettishness ..."

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