Pettishness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛɾɪʃnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛtɪʃnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛtɪʃnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /pˈɛɾɪʃnəs/.

Examples

his temper was well known to all his employees

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

temper surliness peevishness snappishness biliousness irritability

Parts of Speech

noun	a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger “his temper was well known to all his employees”

Word Forms

temper	verb	restrain
irritable	adjective	easily irritated or annoyed
pettish	adjective	easily irritated or annoyed
snappish	adjective	apt to speak irritably
surly	adjective	inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kleinlichkeit

eine Neigung, unkontrollierte Wut zu zeigen

🇫🇷French

mesquinerie

une disposition à manifester une colère incontrôlée

🇪🇸Spanish

mezquindad

una disposición a exhibir ira incontrolada

🇮🇹Italian

meschinità

una disposizione a mostrare rabbia incontrollata

🇳🇱Dutch

kleinzieligheid

een neiging om ongecontroleerde woede te tonen

🇵🇹Portuguese

mesquinhez

uma disposição para exibir raiva descontrolada

🇷🇺Russian

мелочность

склонность проявлять неконтролируемый гнев

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बदमिजाजी

अनियंत्रित क्रोध प्रदर्शित करने की प्रवृत्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষুদ্রতা

অনিয়ন্ত্রিত রাগ প্রদর্শনের একটি স্বভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

அற்பத்தனம்

கட்டுப்பாடற்ற கோபத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தும் குணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

చిన్నతనం

అనియంత్రిత కోపాన్ని ప్రదర్శించే స్వభావం

🇮🇳Marathi

क्षुद्रपणा

अनियंत्रित राग प्रदर्शित करण्याचा स्वभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્ષુદ્રતા

અનિયંત્રિત ગુસ્સો પ્રદર્શિત કરવાનો સ્વભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಣ್ಣತನ

ಅನಿಯಂತ್ರಿತ ಕೋಪವನ್ನು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸುವ ಸ್ವಭಾವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിസ്സാരത

അനിയന്ത്രിതമായ കോപം പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കാനുള്ള ഒരു സ്വഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਛੋਟਾਪਨ

ਬੇਕਾਬੂ ਗੁੱਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਸੁਭਾਅ

🇵🇰Urdu

چھوٹا پن

بے قابو غصے کو ظاہر کرنے کا مزاج

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

娇气

表现出无法控制的愤怒的倾向

🇯🇵Japanese

狭量さ

制御不能な怒りを示す性質

🇰🇷Korean

소심함

통제되지 않은 분노를 나타내는 성향

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự nhỏ nhen

một khuynh hướng thể hiện sự tức giận không kiểm soát được

🇹🇭Thai

ความใจแคบ

นิสัยที่จะแสดงความโกรธที่ไม่สามารถควบคุมได้

🇮🇩Indonesian

kepicikan

kecenderungan untuk menunjukkan kemarahan yang tidak terkendali

🇵🇭Filipino

kakulitan

isang disposisyon na magpakita ng hindi makontrol na galit

🇲🇾Malay

kemesraan

kecenderungan untuk menunjukkan kemarahan yang tidak terkawal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

النكد

التصرف في إظهار الغضب غير المنضبط

🇮🇷Persian

کوچک بودن

تمایل به نشان دادن خشم کنترل نشده

🇹🇷Turkish

huysuzluk

kontrolsüz öfke sergileme eğilimi

🇮🇱Hebrew

קטנוניות

נטייה להפגין כעס בלתי נשלט

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