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pettish
(encz) | pettish,nevrlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pettish
(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.
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pettish
(wn) | pettish
adj 1: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
[syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome,
peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy,
testy, tetchy, techy] |
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pettishly
(encz) | pettishly,podrážděně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
pettishness
(encz) | pettishness,mrzutost n: Zdeněk Brožpettishness,náladovost n: Zdeněk Brožpettishness,rozmarnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
cranky fractious irritable peevish peckish pettish petulant testy tetchy techy
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Pettish
(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.
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Pettishly
(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.
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Pettishness
(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.
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pettishly
(wn) | pettishly
adv 1: in a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'" [syn:
testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly] |
pettishness
(wn) | pettishness
n 1: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper
was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper,
biliousness, irritability, peevishness,
pettishness, snappishness, surliness] |
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