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    pettish
    /ˈpɛtɪʃ/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a person or their behaviour) childishly bad-tempered and petulant: "he comes across in his journal entries as spoiled and pettish"

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  2. Pettish means showing anger and behaving impatiently, especially about things that are not very important. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, how to pronounce it and how to translate it in different languages.

  3. Pettish means irritable, peevish, or fretful. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of pettish from Merriam-Webster, America's largest dictionary.

  4. Pettish means peevish or petulant, especially in a child. Learn the origin, pronunciation, and usage of this adjective with examples from literature and everyday speech.

  5. If you do nothing but complain in the emails you write your grandparents — about the weather, your friends, your family, and what you had for lunch — they may think of you as pettish.

  6. Pettish means easily irritated or annoyed, like a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying. Find synonyms, antonyms, and example sentences of pettish on Merriam-Webster Thesaurus.

  7. Pettish means peevish, petulant, or cross. Find out the word origin, derived forms, and usage examples of pettish in British and American English.

  8. Pettish means ill-tempered or peevish, easily irritated or annoyed. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of pettish in English and Spanish, and see related words and antonyms.