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peevish
pee·vish P0151900 (pē′vĭsh)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.]
pee′vish·ly adv.pee′vish·ness n.peevish (ˈpiːvɪʃ) adj1. fretful or irritable: a peevish child. 2. obsolete perverse[C14: of unknown origin] ˈpeevishly adv ˈpeevishness npee•vish (ˈpi vɪʃ)
adj. cross, querulous, or fretful. [1350–1400; Middle English pevysh, of obscure orig.] pee′vish•ly, adv. pee′vish•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | peevish - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"irritable, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, nettlesome, peckish, cranky, fractiousill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
peevishadjective irritable, cross, crabbed, childish, acrimonious, crusty, snappy, grumpy, sullen, touchy, whingeing (informal), surly, fractious, petulant, churlish, sulky, ill-tempered, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), fretful, short-tempered, waspish, querulous, huffy, splenetic, crotchety (informal), shrewish, liverish, captious, pettish, ill-natured Lack of sleep always made him peevish.
happy, sweet, pleasant, cheerful, merry, agreeable, easy-going, cheery, genial, affable, good-natured, even-temperedpeevishadjectiveHaving or showing a bad temper:bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish.Informal: crabby, mean.Idiom: out of sorts.Translationspeevish (ˈpiːviʃ) adjective easily made angry; irritable; frequently complaining. a peevish old man. 易怒的 易怒的ˈpeevishly adverb 易怒地 易怒地ˈpeevishness noun 易怒 易怒peeved adjective angry; annoyed. She was peeved about it. 氣惱的 气恼的
peevish
Related to peevish: unmuzzledSynonyms for peevishadj irritableSynonyms- irritable
- cross
- crabbed
- childish
- acrimonious
- crusty
- snappy
- grumpy
- sullen
- touchy
- whingeing
- surly
- fractious
- petulant
- churlish
- sulky
- ill-tempered
- cantankerous
- tetchy
- ratty
- testy
- chippy
- fretful
- short-tempered
- waspish
- querulous
- huffy
- splenetic
- crotchety
- shrewish
- liverish
- captious
- pettish
- ill-natured
Antonyms- happy
- sweet
- pleasant
- cheerful
- merry
- agreeable
- easy-going
- cheery
- genial
- affable
- good-natured
- even-tempered
Synonyms for peevishadj having or showing a bad temperSynonyms- bad-tempered
- cantankerous
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- disagreeable
- fretful
- grouchy
- grumpy
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- irritable
- nasty
- petulant
- querulous
- snappish
- snappy
- surly
- testy
- ugly
- waspish
- crabby
- mean
Synonyms for peevishadj easily irritated or annoyedSynonyms- irritable
- pettish
- petulant
- techy
- testy
- tetchy
- scratchy
- nettlesome
- peckish
- cranky
- fractious
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