peevishness

pee·vish

P0151900 (pē′vĭsh)adj.1. a. Querulous or discontented.b. Ill-tempered.2. Contrary; fractious.

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[Middle English pevish, possibly from Latin perversus, turned the wrong way, perverse, past participle of pervertere, to turn around, corrupt; see pervert.]

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pee′vish·ly adv.pee′vish·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	peevishness - an irritable petulant feeling choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, petulanceill humor, ill humour, distemper - an angry and disagreeable moodtestiness, tetchiness, touchiness - feeling easily irritatedpet - a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
	2.	peevishness - a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"pettishness, snappishness, surliness, biliousness, irritability, temperill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent dispositionquerulousness - the quality of being given to complaining

Translations

易怒

peevish

(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