Definition of peevish

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Peevish (a.) Silly; childish; trifling.

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Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Froward :: Froward (a.) Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child..
Peevishly :: Peevishly (adv.) In a peevish manner.
Tiff :: Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.
Attercop :: Attercop (n.) A peevish, ill-natured person..
Ill-natured :: Ill-natured (a.) Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person..
Snappish :: Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
Knappish :: Knappish (a.) Snappish; peevish.
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Silly; childish; trifling.
Pettish :: Pettish (a.) Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
Petulancy :: Petulancy (n.) The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor.
Pet :: Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
Vaporish :: Vaporish (a.) Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish; humorsome.
Wrawness :: Wrawness (n.) Peevishness; ill temper; anger.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Touchiness :: Touchiness (n.) The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility.
Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
Testify :: Testify (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners..
Squabble :: Squabble (v. i.) To debate peevishly; to dispute.
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