pettish

Adjective

Synonyms: cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish peckish petulant scratchy testy tetchy techy

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

easily irritated or annoyed“an incorrigibly fractious young man”“not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”Synonyms: cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish peckish petulant scratchy testy tetchy techy

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]