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synonyms for pettish
- annoyed
- caviling
- faultfinding
- peeved
- short
- vexed
- cantankerous
- captious
- choleric
- churlish
- crabby
- cranky
- crotchety
- crusty
- disagreeable
- fractious
- fretful
- grouchy
- grumpy
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- impatient
- irascible
- irritable
- out of humor
- peevish
- petulant
- put out
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- snappy
- splenetic
- sullen
- surly
- testy
- tetchy
- touchy
- waspish
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How to use pettish in a sentence
Well, then, it won't do for you to come and be pettish here because you have seen a man in my box.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsThis morning angry a little in the morning, and my house being so much out of order makes me a little pettish.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysHis tone was pettish and he stooped down and began to toss splinters and broken boards upon the woodpile.
The Landloper | Holman Day
My father, as anybody may naturally imagine, came down with my mother into the country, in but a pettish kind of a humour.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman | Laurence SterneShe soothed the lovelorn and pettish damsel with every expression that could gratify pride and rouse high thoughts of revenge.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) | Maria Edgeworth
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