Pettishness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]