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Meanings of
pettishness
in anglès
espanyol
irritabilidad
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A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.
temper
irritability
peevishness
surliness
biliousness
snappishness
espanyol
irritabilidad
Usage of
pettishness
in anglès
1
For me, her
pettishness
is one of her charms, I confess it.
2
This, together with her very human
pettishness
,
complicated the social problem.
3
At this I broke out in all a sick man's
pettishness
.
4
She turned her back on him, then suddenly smarted at her own
pettishness
.
5
He ignored Hyacinth's resentment, endured her
pettishness
,
and was studiously polite to her.
6
She replied in the affirmative, but with some little
pettishness
.
7
Her shyness, exclusiveness,
pettishness
,
and ignorance are delicious in the rosy girl of sixteen.
8
Vanity, pride, self-importance, masterfulness,
pettishness
get full play among us.
9
He had seen her in moods that varied from feminine
pettishness
to the teasingly mischievous.
10
This
pettishness
amused me so much that I pretended to be a little sore myself.
11
There are marks of
pettishness
,
but not of passion.
12
For a little half-playful
pettishness
was she to be visited with a punishment like this?
13
The compulsion was exasperating, and the great man scrawled with all the
pettishness
of a child.
14
You know quite well, Ariadne, that I have not an ounce of
pettishness
in my disposition.
15
Her argument with Guy now seemed only
pettishness
.
16
Heliodora, to whom the speech was addressed, affected to smile as in lofty tolerance of infantine
pettishness
.
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pettishness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
bashful pettishness
feminine pettishness
human pettishness
infantine pettishness
little pettishness
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Translations for
pettishness
espanyol
irritabilidad
Pettishness
through the time