as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying
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Recent Examples of pettish
At best, Harsin is a pettish version of Michael Scott at Dunder Mifflin, a poor manager of people selling reams of paper out of an office building at the dawn of our digital age.
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Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 9 Feb. 2022
Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 9 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pettish
Adjective
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Her tone is free-associative, irritable and rat-a-tat.—
Alexandra Jacobs,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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When an owner is distracted or irritable from work stress, the dog notices.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Northrop Grumman saw some fiery drama during a test of a more powerful version of the solid rocket booster that would be used if NASA’s Artemis program ever gets to its ninth launch using the beleaguered Space Launch System rocket.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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The first week of summer is wrapping up after searing, triple digit heat in the East, a flurry of deadly lightning strikes that sent dozens to hospitals and fiery debates over the future of some of the nation's public lands.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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“Pettish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pettish. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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