PETTISHNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does pettishness mean? • PETTISHNESS (noun)
The noun PETTISHNESS has 1 sense:
1. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
Familiarity information: PETTISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PETTISHNESS (noun)
Meaning:
A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
pettishness; snappishness; surliness; biliousness; peevishness; irritability; 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)
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