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Showing words for PEEVISH using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Peevish

peevish

5 Letter Words for Peevish

hives, phese, phies, sheep, shive, sieve, veeps, vepse

4 Letter Words for Peevish

eves, heep, heps, hesp, hevi, hies, hipe, hips, hive, ipse, pees, pehs, phis, pies, pise, pish, seep, seve, shee, ship, shiv, sipe, spie, spiv, veep, vees, veps, vese, vesp, vies, vips, vise

3 Letter Words for Peevish

ehs, epi, ese, esp, eve, hee, hei, hep, hes, hie, hip, his, hiv, ihp, ihs, iph, ips, ise, ish, ive, pee, peh, pes, phi, pie, pis, psi, see, sei, sep, she, shi, shp, sie, sip, vee, vei, vie, vip, vis

Definitions for Peevish

[1] cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
[2] showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood: a peevish reply; a peevish frown.
[3] perverse or obstinate.
[4] fretful or irritable a peevish child
[5] obsolete perverse

Words related to Peevish

acrimonious, angry, bad-tempered, cantankerous, captious, carping, childish, churlish, complaining, cranky, critical, cross, crotchety, crusty, fault-finding, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, huffy

Words nearby Peevish

peerless, peetweet, peeve, peeved, peevers, peevish, peewee, peewit, peg, peg away at, peg climbing

Origin of Peevish

1350–1400; Middle English pevysh < ?

Other words from Peevish

pee·vish·ly , adverb
pee·vish·ness , noun
un·pee·vish , adjective
un·pee·vish·ly , adverb
un·pee·vish·ness , noun

Word origin for Peevish

C14: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Peevish

acrimonious, angry, bad-tempered, cantankerous, captious, carping, caviling, childish, churlish, complaining, crabbed, cranky, critical, cross, crotchety, crusty, cussed, fault-finding, fractious, fretful, fretting, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumpy, huffy, ill-natured, mean, morose, obstinate, ogre, ornery, out-of-sorts, pertinacious, petulant, querulous, short-tempered, snappy, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, tetchy, touchy, ugly, waspish, waspy, whining