Definition for Pettish:

• Pettishly.

Synonyms for Pettish:

• adj.

  •cross (adjective)
  • cantankerous,
  • irascible,
  • grouchy,
  • short,
  • vexed,
  • sullen,
  • querulous,
  • ill-tempered,
  • fretful,
  • crabby,
  • caviling,
  • surly,
  • snappy,
  • churlish,
  • annoyed,
  • captious,
  • waspish,
  • ratty,
  • choleric,
  • crusty,
  • jumpy,
  • crotchety,
  • quick-tempered,
  • peeved,
  • put out,
  • impatient.
  •disagreeable (adjective)
  • Eristic,
  • ugly,
  • brusque,
  • uptight,
  • whinier,
  • ungracious,
  • unfriendly,
  • rude,
  • out of sorts,
  • difficult,
  • contrary,
  • unpleasant,
  • disobliging,
  • offensive,
  • whiniest,
  • bellicose,
  • unlikable,
  • contentious,
  • ill-natured,
  • nasty,
  • disputatious,
  • whiny,
  • obnoxious.
  •fractious (adjective)
  • perverse,
  • disorderly,
  • unmanageable,
  • undisciplined,
  • indocile,
  • mean,
  • snappish,
  • awkward,
  • uncompliant,
  • ornery,
  • froward,
  • wild,
  • scrappy,
  • indomitable,
  • recalcitrant,
  • thin-skinned,
  • restive,
  • refractory,
  • wayward,
  • intractable,
  • unruly.
  •grumpy (adjective)
  • Griping,
  • truculent,
  • dissatisfied,
  • disgruntled,
  • sulky.
  •huffy (adjective)
  • nettled,
  • exasperated,
  • stewed,
  • angered,
  • Moping,
  • riled,
  • curt,
  • crabbed,
  • irked,
  • hurt,
  • Piqued,
  • resentful,
  • insulted,
  • provoked,
  • offended.
  •quarrelsome (adjective)
  • hasty,
  • combative,
  • fiery,
  • hotheaded,
  • litigious,
  • argumentative,
  • brawling,
  • belligerent,
  • tempestuous,
  • pugnacious,
  • turbulent,
  • impassioned,
  • violent,
  • war,
  • excitable,
  • passionate.
  •touchy (adjective)
  • tricky,
  • ticklish,
  • wound up,
  • delicate,
  • unsafe,
  • hazardous,
  • volatile,
  • precarious,
  • unpredictable,
  • risky,
  • dicey.

• n.

  •
  • temperamental,
  • sensitive,
  • hot-tempered,
  • bad-tempered,
  • moody.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • faultfinding,
  • grumbling,
  • huffy,
  • ill-humored,
  • irritable,
  • miffed,
  • oversensitive,
  • splenetic,
  • have chip on shoulder,
  • wired up,
  • cross,
  • disagreeable,
  • dissentious,
  • gladiatorial,
  • grumpy,
  • huffish,
  • hypersensitive,
  • quarrelsome,
  • touchy,
  • Perturbable,
  • out of humor,
  • bundle of nerves,
  • cat-and-dog,
  • ructious,
  • warrer.
  •n.
  • cranky,
  • fractious,
  • nettlesome,
  • peckish,
  • peevish,
  • petulant,
  • scratchy,
  • techy,
  • testy,
  • tetchy.

Antonyms for Pettish:

• adj.

  • cross
    pleasant, animated, happy, cheerful.
  • disagreeable
    kind, nice, friendly, delightful, agreeable, pleasing, inoffensive.
  • fractious
    obedient, patient, complaisant.
  • huffy
    joyful, delighted.
  • quarrelsome
    moderate, mild, forgiving, calm, good-natured.
  • touchy
    safe, laid-back, unflappable, certain, strong, easy, sure, firm, stable, insensitive, collected.
  • Other antonyms:
    tolerant, long-suffering, amiable, stoic, understanding, outgoing, obliging, happy-go-lucky, well-disposed, cordial, companionable, sociable, easygoing, gregarious, uncomplaining, affable, relaxed, carefree, forbearing, genial, extroverted, sweet, good-tempered.

Pettish Sentence Examples:

• Them O'Reillys had them rared very pettish; it'd be as good for me to be trying to turn curlews as them!

• But no; a few days later Nancy was quite pettish about the preparation Miss Marlowe had set them.