Definition of peevish

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Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..

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Wrangler :: Wrangler (n.) An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness.
Petulancy :: Petulancy (n.) The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor.
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners..
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Fretful :: Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..
Attercop :: Attercop (n.) A peevish, ill-natured person..
Protervity :: Protervity (n.) Peevishness; petulance.
Crossness :: Crossness (n.) The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
Vapory :: Vapory (a.) Hypochondriacal; splenetic; peevish.
Snappish :: Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Crotched :: Crotched (a.) Cross; peevish.
Spleeny :: Spleeny (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Knappish :: Knappish (a.) Snappish; peevish.
Ill-natured :: Ill-natured (a.) Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person..
Tiffish :: Tiffish (a.) Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant.
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