pee·vish 
(pēvĭsh)
(pēvĭsh)adj.
1.
a. Querulous or discontented.
b. Ill-tempered.
2. Contrary; fractious.
[Middle English pevish, possibly from Latin perversus, turned the wrong way, perverse, past participle of pervertere, to turn around, corrupt; see PERVERT.]
peevish·ly adv.
peevish·ness n.