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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