pettish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pettish
    adj 1: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
           young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
           [syn: {cranky}, {fractious}, {irritable}, {nettlesome},
           {peevish}, {peckish}, {pettish}, {petulant}, {scratchy},
           {testy}, {tetchy}, {techy}]

from 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"tish*ly}, adv.
   -- {Pet"tish*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

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