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Fretful :: Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..

Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

Wrangle :: Wrangle (v. i.) To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.

Sour :: Sour (superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply..

Froppish :: Froppish (a.) Peevish; froward.

Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.

Crusty :: Crusty (a.) Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly..

Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.

Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

Natter :: Natter (v. i.) To find fault; to be peevish.

Vapory :: Vapory (a.) Hypochondriacal; splenetic; peevish.

Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.

Curstness :: Curstness (n.) Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness.

Ill-natured :: Ill-natured (a.) Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person..

Knappish :: Knappish (a.) Snappish; peevish.

Peevishly :: Peevishly (adv.) In a peevish manner.

Crotched :: Crotched (a.) Cross; peevish.

Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.

Shrewish :: Shrewish (a.) having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.

Pet :: Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.

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