'Pettish' definitions:

Definition of 'pettish'

From: WordNet
adjective
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy]

Definition of 'Pettish'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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