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English Dictionary: pettish by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pettish
adj
  1. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
    Synonym(s): cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pettish \Pet"tish\, a. [From {Pet}.]
      Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
      [bd]A pettish kind of humor.[b8] --Sterne. -- {Pet"tish*ly},
      adv. -- {Pet"tish*ness}, n.
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