Synonyms of pettish

pettish

adjective

ˈpe-tish 

as in irritable

easily irritated or annoyed

a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritable
• fiery
• peevish
• snappish
• petulant
• irascible
• waspish
• choleric
• grumpy
• crotchety
• testy
• grouchy
• cross
• crabby
• out of sorts
• snarky
• raspy
• out of humor
• passionate
• snippy
• querulous
• stuffy
• short-tempered
• sensitive
• perverse
• quick-tempered
• cranky
• prickly
• disagreeable
• snippety
• fretful
• short
• bilious
• dyspeptic
• ratty
• contentious
• belligerent
• cantankerous
• snappy
• surly
• argumentative
• curmudgeonly
• quarrelsome
• snarly
• ornery
• bellicose
• pugnacious
• ill-natured
• combative
• sulky
• ill-humored
• cross-grained
• truculent
• sullen
• ill-tempered
• tetchy
• pouty
• fractious
• off-colored
• disputatious
• huffy
• bearish
• off-color
• scrappy
• touchy
• thin-skinned
• hot-blooded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cordial
• genial
• gregarious
• friendly
• outgoing
• amiable
• affable
• sociable
• companionable
• agreeable
• sweet
• extroverted
• good-natured
• extraverted
• carefree
• good-tempered
• easygoing
• patient
• well-disposed
• relaxed
• stoical
• uncomplaining
• tolerant
• stoic
• forbearing
• long-suffering
• understanding
• obliging
• happy-go-lucky

Examples of pettish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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 | [e-mail], al, 9 Feb. 2022