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pettishness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pettishness 
  n  :  a  disposition  to  exhibit  uncontrolled  anger;  "his  temper  was 
  well  known  to  all  his  employees"  [syn:  {temper},  {biliousness}, 
  {irritability},  {peevishness},  {snappishness},  {surliness}] 




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