pettish

/'petiʃ/

Thân thiện

The child became pettish when his toy was taken away.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Easily irritated or annoyed: Describes a person who becomes upset or cross over minor matters, often showing impatience or a bad-tempered mood.
   • Peevish; fretful: Characterized by or showing a tendency to be sulky, petulant, or ill-humored.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The long wait made the tired child quite pettish.
  • She gave a pettish reply when asked to repeat her answer.
  • His pettish behavior often made it difficult to have a calm discussion.

Advanced Usage

• "in a pettish mood": describes someone currently displaying this irritable temperament.
  • After missing his nap, the toddler was in a pettish mood for the rest of the afternoon.
• "pettish remark": a comment made in a cross or sulky manner.
  • He regretted his pettish remark as soon as he said it.

Variants and Related Words

• Pettishly (adverb): In a pettish manner.
  • She sighed pettishly and turned away.
• Pettishness (noun): The quality or state of being pettish.
  • His occasional pettishness was overlooked by his friends.

Synonyms

• Peevish
• Fretful
• Petulant
• Irritable
• Cranky
• Testy

Antonyms

• Good-humored
• Easygoing
• Amiable
• Patient

Học thuật

Adjective

1. easily irritated or annoyed
   • an incorrigibly fractious young man
   • not the least nettlesome of his countrymen