pettish
adjective
petulantly peevish.
pettishness
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a word derived from
pettish.
Example Sentences
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Menon's pettishness did nothing to help India's case.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I only want to see Matty provided for, papa," I answered, a little ashamed of my former pettishness.
From Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews
She left me a minute ago in a fit of playful pettishness, when lo and behold she returns almost instantly, bringing you in her hand, and saying, 'Line for line, like that.'
From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
I laughed at his coldness; convinced, as I now was, that it was only the pettishness of jealousy.
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
In her case there had been little more than pettishness in her first attitude towards her cousin—the pettishness of a spoiled child.
From Brenda, Her School and Her Club by Helen Leah Reed
