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Definition of Peevish
1. Adjective. Easily irritated or annoyed. "Not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Crank, Crankiness, Fractiousness, Irritability, Irritability, Peevishness, Pettishness, Petulance, Testiness, Tetchiness
Definition of Peevish
1. a. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Definition of Peevish
1. Adjective. Constantly complaining; fretful, whining. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peevish
1. irritable [adj] - See also: irritable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peevish
Literary usage of Peevish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"26. peevish appears to have generally signified, during Shakespeare's days, "silly,
foolish, ... 49; he is something peevish (foolish) that way, MW i. 4. ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"... opposition partly to a peevish puritanism, and partly to ' the vain flatteries
of an imaginary liberty.' ' Mr. Hampden,' he wrote to Laud, ..."
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