Pettish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Ill-tempered; peevish.
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  • adj. bad-tempered; peevish
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Proceeding from or pertaining to a pet or peevish humor; fretful; peevish; subject to freaks of ill temper.
  • Synonyms Peevish, Fretful, etc. See petulant.
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  • adj. easily irritated or annoyed
    • Equivalent
    ill-natured   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fretful    peevish    moody    capricious    irascible   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fretful    half-suppressed    self-deprecating    ungenial    querulous    smouldering    disobedient    half-apologetic    ill-taught    jet-lagged   
     
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