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for pettishness
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
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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