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pettishness |
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]: pettishness n : a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: {temper}, {biliousness}, {irritability}, {peevishness}, {snappishness}, {surliness}]
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