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.
pettishness n : a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: {temper}, {biliousness}, {irritability}, {peevishness}, {snappishness}, {surliness}]