pettish English

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pettish

— adjective (= fractious, nettlesome) easily irritated or annoyed an incorrigibly fractious young man not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

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peevish

petulant

testy

fretful

cranky

touchy

tetchy

surly

morose

irritable

wayward

techy

sullen

splenish

snappish

scratchy

peckish

nettlesome

irascible

huffy

grumpy

fractious

crusty

cross

cantankerous

waspish

wanton

vixenish

untoward

unpleasant

unkind

susceptible

sulky

stodgy

splenetic

spitfire

sour

sorehead

somber

shrewish

sad

rough

roiled

riled

recalcitrant

ratty

quick-tempered

quick tempered

pissed off

pissed