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Pettishness

//ˈpɛtɪʃnəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being pettish; peevishness, irritability. countable, uncountable

    "The sense that she was observed, or, more properly speaking, that she was watched by my looks, seemed to give Diana a mixture of embarrassment, pain, and pettishness."

  2. 2
    a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger wordnet

Etymology

From pettish + -ness.

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