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pettish |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pettish \Pet"tish\, a. [From {Pet}.] Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. ``A pettish kind of humor.'' --Sterne. -- {Pet"tish*ly}, adv -- {Pet"tish*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pettish adj : easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn: {cranky}, {fractious}, {irritable}, {nettlesome}, {peevish}, {peckish}, {petulant}, {testy}, {tetchy}, {techy}]
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