Definitions for: Peevish


[adj] easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"



Webster (1913) Definition: Pee"vish, a. [OE. pevische; of uncertain origin, perh.
from a word imitative of the noise made by fretful children +
-ish.]
1. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to
please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant. ``Her
peevish babe.'' --Wordsworth.

She is peevish, sullen, froward. --Shak.

2. Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable
dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.

3. Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.]

To send such peevish tokens to a king. --Shak.

Syn: Querulous; petulant; cross; ill-tempered; testy;
captious; discontented. See Fretful.

Synonyms: cranky, fractious, ill-natured, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy

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