PETTISH Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

pettish

adjective

ˈpe-tish

Definition of pettish

as in irritable

easily irritated or annoyed a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying

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Recent Examples of pettish At best, Harsin is a pettish version of Michael Scott at Dunder Mifflin, a poor manager of people selling reams of paper out of an office building at the dawn of our digital age. — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 9 Feb. 2022

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Just as Depp made to exit the stage, a haunting voice came over the speaker, eerily repeating the irritable man’s name.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026
Perelman said people who have weakened immune systems and those with irritable bowel disease may want to talk to their doctors before incorporating the foods into their diet.

— Devi Shastri, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of irritable

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Admired for their striking beauty, the fiery blossoms of the peacock flower have long captured the attention of people across the Atlantic world.

— Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
The testimony followed years of fiery disputes between Paul and Fauci — both medical doctors — over the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the origins of the virus that caused it.

— Joe Walsh, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Definition of fiery

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