IN A PET Synonyms: 161 Similar and Opposite Words

in a pet

phrase

as in angry

feeling or showing anger I confronted my sister in a pet after hearing that she had told someone else our secret.

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angry
ballistic
indignant
furious
mad
angered
enraged
infuriated
hot
outraged
infuriate
sore
teed off
in a fume
steamed up
rabid
passionate
bent out of shape
cheesed off
hot under the collar
in a huff
fit to be tied
steaming
hopping mad
blue in the face
livid
incensed
ticked
irate
apoplectic
foaming
hopping
choleric
going crook
wrathful
annoyed
inflamed
riley
irritable
wroth
rankled
fuming
worked up
riled
roiled
shirty
wrought (up)
horn-mad
bitter
stormy
cold
aggravated
ireful
ranting
exasperated
distant
antagonistic
unpleasant
vitriolic
virulent
icy
resentful
malevolent
bristling
cross
raving
smoldering
inimical
boiling
vengeful
spiteful
bristly
acrimonious
contrary
vindictive
antisocial
disagreeable
huffy
put out
unfriendly
antipathetic
seething
cool
rancorous
acrid
peevish
touchy
inflammable
embittered
sulky
frigid
contentious
perturbed
crabby
sizzling
churlish
dyspeptic
fussy
fretful
grouchy
cranky
testy
belligerent
bearish
petulant
burning
quarrelsome
irascible
snappish
grumpy
bilious
argumentative
sorehead
cantankerous
pugnacious
disapproving
ornery
ill-tempered
piqued
disputatious
querulous
quick-tempered
ill-humored

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

pleased
delighted
accepting
content
agreeable
angerless
accommodating
obliging
happy
friendly
amenable
cordial
understanding
satisfied
sympathetic
kind
amicable
tolerant
sweet
serene
calm
complaisant
placid
pleasant
tranquil
pacific
peaceable
empathetic
genial
amiable
unembittered
easygoing
affable
good-natured
good-tempered

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Recent Examples of in a pet Tolbert says residual fat and crumbs left behind in a pet food storage container can attract dust mites and parasites over time. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

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