[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pettish \pet"tish\, a. from pet.
   fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
   "a pettish kind of humor." --sterne. -- pet"tishly, adv.
   -- pet"tishness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
pet pet"tishly pet"tishness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pettish
     adj : easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
           young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his
           countrymen" syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome,
            peevish, peckish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy
see also:
cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish peckish 
petulant testy tetchy techy 

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