English Dictionary

PETTISHNESS

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pettishness mean? 

PETTISHNESS (noun)
  The noun PETTISHNESS has 1 sense:

1. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled angerplay

  Familiarity information: PETTISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PETTISHNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

biliousness; irritability; peevishness; pettishness; snappishness; surliness; temper

Context example:

his temper was well known to all his employees

Hypernyms ("pettishness" is a kind of...):

ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pettishness"):

querulousness (the quality of being given to complaining)

Derivation:

pettish (easily irritated or annoyed)


 Context examples 


Surely not! why, she is too old for such pettishness.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Long absent, soon forgotten." (English proverb)

"A starving man will eat with the wolf." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)

"One hand won't clap." (Armenian proverb)

"Still waters wash out banks." (Czech proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact