单词 | peevish |
释义 | peevishadj.adv. A. adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] dizzyc825 unwisec825 redelessOE unwittyc1000 daftlikec1175 witlessc1175 canga1225 adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 egedec1225 cangeda1250 foola1250 snepea1250 aerwittec1275 sotlyc1275 unslyc1275 unwitterc1275 unwilya1300 nicec1300 goosishc1374 unskilfulc1374 follyc1380 lewdc1380 mis-feelinga1382 dottlec1390 foltedc1390 peevishc1400 fona1425 fonnishc1425 foliousa1450 foolisha1450 daft?c1450 doitedc1450 dotyc1450 daffish1470 insapientc1470 gucked?a1500 wanwittya1500 furious1526 insipient1528 seelya1529 dawish?1529 foolage1545 momish1546 base-wittedc1547 stultitiousa1549 follifulc1550 senseless1565 mopish1568 fondish1579 unsensiblea1586 fondly1587 dizzardly1594 follial1596 featlessc1598 fopperly1599 gowkeda1605 inept1604 simple1604 anserine1607 foppish1608 silly ass1608 unsage1608 wisdomless1608 fool-beggeda1616 Gotham1621 noddy1645 badot1653 dosser-headed1655 infrunite1657 nonsensicalc1661 slight1663 sappy1670 datelessa1686 noddy-peaked1694 nizy1709 dottled1772 gypit1804 shay-brained1806 folly-stricken1807 fool-like1811 goosy1811 spoony1813 niddle-noddle1821 gumptionless1823 daftish1825 anserous1826 as crazy as a loon1830 spoonish1833 cheese-headed1836 dotty1860 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 dilly1873 gormless1883 daffy1884 monkey-doodle1886 mosy1887 jay1891 pithecanthropic1897 peanut-headed1906 dinlo1907 boob1911 goofy1921 ding-a-ling1935 jerky1944 jerk1947 jerkish1948 pointy-headed1950 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 nerkish1975 numpty1992 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse wharfedc1175 thwart-over?c1225 fromwardc1275 thwarta1325 wilgernc1325 contrariousa1340 froward1340 rebours1340 awaywarda1375 overthwartc1384 protervec1384 waywardc1384 arsewardc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 ungraitha1400 wraweda1400 awklyc1400 perversec1425 awkc1440 perversiosec1475 crooked1508 wrayward1516 awkward1530 difficilec1533 peevish1539 protervous1547 overthwarting1552 untowardly1561 difficult1589 cross1594 cama1600 frowish1601 awkwardish1613 haggardly1635 pigheadeda1637 cross-grained1647 wry1649 crossfulc1680 thwarting1718 kim-kama1734 wronghead1737 piggish1742 witherly1790 top-thrawn1808 contrary1850 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 thwarteous1890 bloody-minded1935 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ix. 151 Thenne gan wastour to wratth..And to peers plouhman proferede to fighte, And bad hym go pisse with hus plouh, peyuesshe [v.r. peuysche; c1400 A text pilide; c1400 B text forpynede] shrewe! 1472 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 576 Item, the prowd, pevyshe, and euyll dysposyd prest to vs all, Syr Jamys, seyth þat ye comandyd hym to delyuer þe book of vij Sagys to my brodyr Water, and he hathe it. 1539 Bible (Great) Cranmer Pref. Not onely foolyshe frowarde and obstinate but also peuysshe, peruerse and indurate. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iii. sig. E.j These women be all suche madde pieuish elues, They will not be wonne except it please them selues. 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Eii Nothing is so great an enemie to a sounde iudgment, as the pride of a peeuish conceit. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. ii. 47 This it is, to be a peeuish Girle, That flies her fortune when it followes her. View more context for this quotation a1669 H. Foulis Hist. Romish Treasons (1671) i. iii. 26 Birds were not so shie and peevish formerly. a. Silly, senseless, foolish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] > of things, actions, etc. unwittyc1200 nicea1393 foolisha1413 kimeta1450 peevish1519 silly1566 senseless1579 untoward1658 bright1830 spoony1834 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 twitty1967 twittish1969 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria ii. f. 21v Some make serche and dyuynacion by water, some by basyns,..some by coniuryng of a soule, and suche other: and al be acurst or pyuysshe [L. partim execrabilia, partim mera ludibria]. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. vi. xii. §2. 669 That whole tale..is nothing els, but a peeuishe fable. 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore v. sig. I2 v This is your peeuish chattering weake old man. 1676 Doctr. of Devils 56 Christ did his Miracles among a peevish, foolish, sottish people, (as the World accounted them). b. Beside oneself; out of one's senses; mad. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with woodc725 woodsekc890 giddyc1000 out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000 witlessc1000 brainsickOE amadc1225 lunaticc1290 madc1330 sickc1340 brain-wooda1375 out of one's minda1387 frenetica1398 fonda1400 formada1400 unwisea1400 brainc1400 unwholec1400 alienate?a1425 brainless1434 distract of one's wits1470 madfula1475 furious1475 distract1481 fro oneself1483 beside oneself1490 beside one's patience1490 dementa1500 red-wood?1507 extraught1509 misminded1509 peevish1523 bedlam-ripe1525 straughta1529 fanatic1533 bedlama1535 daft1540 unsounda1547 stark raving (also staring) mad1548 distraughted1572 insane1575 acrazeda1577 past oneself1576 frenzy1577 poll-mad1577 out of one's senses1580 maddeda1586 frenetical1588 distempered1593 distraught1597 crazed1599 diswitted1599 idle-headed1599 lymphatical1603 extract1608 madling1608 distracteda1616 informala1616 far gone1616 crazy1617 March mada1625 non compos mentis1628 brain-crazed1632 demented1632 crack-brained1634 arreptitiousa1641 dementate1640 dementated1650 brain-crackeda1652 insaniated1652 exsensed1654 bedlam-witteda1657 lymphatic1656 mad-like1679 dementative1685 non compos1699 beside one's gravity1716 hyte1720 lymphated1727 out of one's head1733 maddened1735 swivel-eyed1758 wrong1765 brainsickly1770 fatuous1773 derangedc1790 alienated1793 shake-brained1793 crack-headed1796 flighty1802 wowf1802 doitrified1808 phrenesiac1814 bedlamite1815 mad-braineda1822 fey1823 bedlamitish1824 skire1825 beside one's wits1827 as mad as a hatter1829 crazied1842 off one's head1842 bemadded1850 loco1852 off one's nut1858 off his chump1864 unsane1867 meshuga1868 non-sane1868 loony1872 bee-headed1879 off one's onion1881 off one's base1882 (to go) off one's dot1883 locoed1885 screwy1887 off one's rocker1890 balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891 meshuggener1892 nutty1892 buggy1893 bughouse1894 off one's pannikin1894 ratty1895 off one's trolley1896 batchy1898 twisted1900 batsc1901 batty1903 dippy1903 bugs1904 dingy1904 up the (also a) pole1904 nut1906 nuts1908 nutty as a fruitcake1911 bugged1920 potty1920 cuckoo1923 nutsy1923 puggled1923 blah1924 détraqué1925 doolally1925 off one's rocket1925 puggle1925 mental1927 phooey1927 crackers1928 squirrelly1928 over the edge1929 round the bend1929 lakes1934 ding-a-ling1935 wacky1935 screwball1936 dingbats1937 Asiatic1938 parlatic1941 troppo1941 up the creek1941 screwed-up1943 bonkers1945 psychological1952 out to lunch1955 starkers1956 off (one's) squiff1960 round the twist1960 yampy1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 out of one's skull1967 whacked out1969 batshit1971 woo-woo1971 nutso1973 out of (one's) gourd1977 wacko1977 off one's meds1986 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 266 Some tremblid, some girnid, some gaspid, some gasid, As people halfe peuysshe, or men that were masyd. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts xii. 15 [They] aunswered to the mayden, Surely thou arte peuyshe. 1591 J. Lyly Endimion i. i. sig. B There was neuer any so peeuish to imagin the Moone eyther capable of affection, or shape of a Mistris. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective] teenfulOE atteryc1175 ondfula1200 maliciousa1250 doggedc1300 enviousc1330 venoma1350 spitous?a1366 despitousc1374 heinous?a1400 venomyc1400 sinister1411 sputousc1420 doggish?a1425 cankered?a1439 doggya1450 sinistrous1460 spity1481 despiteful1488 spiteful1490 despiteous?1510 viperious?1510 peevisha1522 maliceful1522 envyful1530 viperinec1540 viperous?1542 vipered1560 uncanny1596 dogged-sprighted1600 maliced1602 ill-minded1611 virulent1613 ill-hearteda1617 doleful1617 spitish1627 splenial1641 litherlya1643 venomsome1660 slim1674 viper1721 vipereal1750 viperish1755 vicious1825 waspish1855 viperian1866 viperan1877 cattish1883 catty1886 bitchy1928 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective] loathOE teenfulOE nithefulOE ondfula1200 maliciousa1250 doggedc1300 enviousc1330 venomousa1340 venoma1350 spitous?a1366 despitousc1374 heinous?a1400 unkindlya1400 venomyc1400 sinister1411 sputousc1420 doggish?a1425 cankered?a1439 doggya1450 sinistrous1460 spity1481 despiteful1488 spiteful1490 despiteous?1510 viperious?1510 peevisha1522 envyful1530 viperous1535 viperinec1540 vipered1560 bad-minded1588 uncanny1596 dogged-sprighted1600 toothsome1601 maliced1602 ill-minded1611 virulent1613 ill-hearteda1617 doleful1617 spitish1627 ill-meaning1633 splenial1641 litherlya1643 venomsome1660 slim1668 cat-witted1672 vipereal1750 viperish1755 méchant1813 vicious1825 maliceful1840 mean1841 waspish1855 viperian1866 viperan1877 cattish1883 catty1886 bad mind1904 bitchy1908 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xiv. 111 This ilk Aruns..thys pewech man of weir..schuke in hand hys oneschewabill speir. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 176 In derision of the king, they made certaine peeuishe and mocking rymes which I passe ouer. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. D2v This crosse, this peeuish hap, Strikes dead my spirits like a thunderclap. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective] unledeeOE sorryOE evila1131 usellc1175 wanlichec1275 bad1276 sorry1372 meana1375 caitiff1393 loddera1400 woefula1400 foulc1400 wretched1450 meschant?1473 unselc1480 peevisha1522 miser1542 scurvy?1577 forlorn1582 villainous1582 measled1596 lamented1611 thrallfula1618 despicable1635 deplorable1642 so-and-so1656 poorish1657 squalida1660 lamentable1676 mesquina1706 shan1714 execrable1738 quisby1807 hole in the wall1822 measly1847 bum1878 shag-bag1888 snidey1890 pathetic1900 the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > relating to that which is disliked unliefOE peevisha1522 unsavoury1536 ingrate1539 unliked1560 ingrateful1567 dislikeful1596 disgracious1597 disaffected1621 disliked1632 disrelished1659 invidious1710 objectional1799 unlikeable1834 dislikable1843 unfavourite1934 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. viii. 78 For thou sal neuer los..Be my wappin nor this richt hand of myne, Sik ane pevyche and cative saule as thyne [L. Nunquam animam talem dextra hac..amittes]. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xiiii. sig. H.vii The woulfe..spied a fayre cowe in a close...as for yonder peuishe cowe semeth vnto me in my conscience worthe not past a grote. 1563 T. Becon Displaying Popish Masse (1637) 299 The Lords Supper and your peevish, popish private masse doe agree together..as the common proverbe is, like harpe and harrow, or like the hare and the hound. 5. Irritable, querulous; childishly fretful; characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper. a. Of people.In early quots. often referred to as the result of fasting or performing a religious observance of similar rigour. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective] protervec1384 teethya1500 peevishc1530 protervous1547 pettish1552 tatter1579 fretting1587 teeny1594 frampold1599 treaf1601 fretful1603 teety1621 frappish1631 froppish1659 huffy1680 toothy1691 peenging1724 fractious1725 crossish1740 huffish1755 petulant1755 refractious1761 pouty1799 pensy1803 fudgy1819 twiney1824 rammista1838 fretty1844 petful1852 patchy1862 fretsome1870 grizzly1900 anfractuous1923 c1530 Hickscorner D iij And I sholde do after youre schole, To lerne to patter to make me peuysshe [?1515 peuysse]. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 86 Why should a man whose blood is warme within, Sit like his grandsire, cut in Alablaster?..And creep into the Iaundies By beeing peeuish? 1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. xxxix Some men fast to mortifie their lust: and their fasting makes them peevish. 1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 128 He is uery peuish to Mr. Ouerton and will tell him uery litle. 1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived iii. 71 The People grew peevish with all Ancient Ceremonies. 1759 S. Fielding Hist. Countess of Dellwyn I. i. xiv. 149 Now when he was peevish with Pain, and ready to take fire at every the least Provocation, this spirited Reply of his Lady's roused him to Anger. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions V. 216 A peevish discontented sister and her cormorant companion. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 30 A terrible peevish fractious fellow. 1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iii. 77 One whose state of health renders him fretful and peevish in his own family. 1948 ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout xxii. 248 I'm sorry, Arnold, I'm a little peevish today. Yes, I'll go with you. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond xxv. 282 People got peevish, they began hooting and cutting in. 1983 E. Figes Light i. 2 She turned in the bed, sighing, slightly peevish and resentful. b. Of personal qualities, actions, behaviour, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective] sharpc1000 impatient1377 out-sharpinga1382 teethya1500 fumish1523 testy1526 crabbed1535 tettish1567 peevish1577 kickish1589 splenetic1593 spleenful1594 tetchy1596 wasp-stung1598 touchy1602 spleeny1604 pruriginous1609 teety1621 splenitive1633 peltish1648 irritable1662 splenatic1663 splenetive1678 unheer1691 rusty1694 nettlesome1766 stingy1781 snarly1798 tutty1809 spleenical1818 rileya1824 nettly1825 edgy1837 porcupinal1846 shirty1846 raspish1854 peckish1857 streaky1860 owly1864 teasy1866 fussy1869 raspy1869 spiky1881 chippyc1885 tetchous1890 narky1895 snarky1906 ringy1907 snarkish1912 Scot1916 crooked1945 niggly1952 snooty1959 kvetchy1965 to be on the rag1967 sandpaper1976 gribble1984 splenous- 1577 W. Fulke Answer True Christian 89 in Two Treat. against Papistes Without any contention of peuishe enuie. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. iii. 57 Gods providence on purpose permitted Moses to fall into this peevish passion [at Kadesh]. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 28 A peevish crosness and obstinate repugnancy to received laws. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 107. ⁋1 Unapt to vent peevish Expressions. 1768 D. Garrick Let. 19 Feb. (1963) II. 595 I am Surpriz'd that You have not thank'd the Managers for their kindness instead of writing so peevish a Letter. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. iv. 73 With a peevish whine in his voice like a beaten school-boy. 1891 Harper's Mag. Dec. 123/2 His tone was so peevish and impatient that I thought discussion was injudicious. 1922 M. Sinclair Life & Death Harriett Frean xiv. 171 She no longer enjoyed visiting her friends. She set out in peevish resignation. 2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 Dec. 28 Her peevish tone quite spoiled the effect of a comic costume she had selected for the day. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > expert, proficient, or versed wiseOE perfectc1350 expertc1374 pertc1390 complete1526 flesh-bred1548 exact1589 proficienta1593 traded1609 well (better, best) verseda1610 made-upa1616 thorough-paceda1628 elementeda1661 peevish1673 adept1698 finished1710 nap1862 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 37 Peevish, witty, subtill. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. (at cited word) The word peevish among the vulgar of Scotland is used for niggardly, covetous; in the North of England, for witty, subtile. 7. Canadian and English regional (northern). Of the wind: sharp, piercing, bitter. Of the weather: windy, blustery. ΚΠ 1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health i. 17 The ridge..defends you from the blust'ring north, And bleak affliction of the peevish east. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Peevish, piercing, very cold; a peevish wind. 1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. The wind is very peevish to night. 1927 L. M. Montgomery Emily's Quest 174 Something has happened to sour February's temper. Such a peevish month. 1990 D. McIntosh Visits 119 It was dark when the train arrived in Charlottetown... It was raw and blustery—peevish, they say on the island. = peevishly adv. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adverb] protervely1447 peevisha1529 pettishlya1625 peevishlya1638 frettinglya1649 crossly1736 fractiously1736 huffishly1755 fretfully1789 petulantly1838 pettedly1858 huffily1860 huffingly1864 teethily1879 a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 589 She was not halfe so wyse As she was peuysshe nyse [= foolishly particular]. 1602 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 348 Be not peeuish fond in great designes. [1597 pieuish, fond; 1598 peeuish, fond; Malone conjectured peevish-fond, the reading adopted in many modern editions; the Arden ed. prefers ‘peevish found’.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.c1400 |
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