pettish
21pettish — adj. peevish, petulant; easily put out. Derivatives: pettishly adv. pettishness n. Etymology: PET(2) + ISH(1) …
22cranky fractious irritable peevish peckish pettish petulant testy tetchy techy — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …
23pettle — pettish. N …
24Pettishly — 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] …
25Pettishness — 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] …
26pettishly — pettish ► ADJECTIVE ▪ petulant. DERIVATIVES pettishly adverb pettishness noun …
27pettishness — pettish ► ADJECTIVE ▪ petulant. DERIVATIVES pettishly adverb pettishness noun …
28irritable — irritable, fractious, peevish, snappish, waspish, petulant, pettish, huffy, fretful, querulous apply to persons or to their moods or dispositions in the sense of showing impatience or anger without due or sufficient cause. Irritable implies… …
29Irascibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Irascibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 irascibility irascibility irascibleness temper Sgm: N 1 crossness crossness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 susceptibility susceptibility procacity petulance irritability …
30petulant — adj peevish, pettish, ill humored, touchy, testy, thin skinned. See pettish(defs. 1 3) …