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pettishnesses

pettishnesses is the plural of pettishness.

Meaning of pettishness

Noun

pettishness (countable and uncountable, plural pettishnesses)

  1. The state of being pettish; peevishness, irritability.
    • 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.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter III, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst...

Questions about pettishnesses

What is pettishnesses the plural of?
Pettishnesses is the plural of pettishness.

Words near pettishnesses in the dictionary

  1. pettis
  2. Pettis County
  3. pettish
  4. pettishly
  5. pettishness
  6. pettishnesses
  7. pettiskirt
  8. pettiskirts
  9. Pettit
  10. pettitoe
  11. pettitoes

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