About The Word Peevish
Learn about the word Peevish to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Peevish definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Peevish
| Peevish Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Peevish?
[adj] easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Peevish: cranky | fractious | ill-natured | irritable | nettlesome | peckish | pettish | petulant | techy | testy | tetchy Related Terms | Find terms related to Peevish: acrimonious | bad-tempered | beefing | bellyaching | bilious | bitching | cantankerous | captious | carping | catty | caviling | cavilling | churlish | complaining | complaintful | crabbed | crabbing | crabby | cranky | critical | croaking | cross | crotchety | crusty | disappointed | discontented | disgruntled | displeased | dissatisfied | envious | faultfinding | fractious | fretful | griping | grouchy | grousing | growling | grumbling | grumpish | grumpy | howling | huffy | ill-humored | ill-natured | ill-tempered | irritable | Jeremianic | lamentive | malcontent | malcontented | moanful | mournful | murmuring | muttering | nagging | naggy | out of humor | pettish | petulant | plaintive | plangent | puling | querulant | querulous | rebellious | resentful | restive | restless | short-tempered | shrewish | snappish | sorrowful | splenetic | sulky | testy | tetchy | touchy | ululant | unaccepting | unaccommodating | uneasy | unfulfilled | ungratified | unhappy | unsatisfied | vixenish | vixenly | wailful | waspish | whimpering | whining | whiny See Also | Peevish In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Bidding contest ‐ a series of…
- Mahonia nervosa ‐ small shrub with gray-green leaves and yellow flowers followed…
- Glycollic acid ‐ a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar…
- Illegally ‐ in an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste…
- George herman ruth ‐ American professional baseball player famous for hitting home…
- Reprobation ‐ severe disapproval [n] rejection by God; the state of being condemned…
- Retrench ‐ make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to…
- Ballad maker ‐ a composer of words or music for…
- Amphipoda ‐ small flat-bodied semi-terrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers;…
- Little finger ‐ the finger farthest from…