What does pettish mean?

Definitions for pettish
ˈpɛt ɪʃpet·tish

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techyadjective

    easily irritated or annoyed

    "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

Wiktionary

  1. pettishadjective

    bad-tempered; peevish

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pettishadjective

    Fretful; peevish.

    Etymology: from pet.

    Nor doth their childhood prove their innocence;
    They’re forward, pettish, and unus’d to smile. Thomas Creech.

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  1. pettish

    Pettish is an adjective used to describe a person or their behavior as being childishly bad-tempered, sulky, or peevish. It often suggests a petty or irrational annoyance or irritation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pettishadjective

    fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper

  2. Etymology: [From Pet.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pettish in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pettish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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