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peevish

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pee·vish  (pvsh)
adj.
1.
a. Querulous or discontented.
b. Ill-tempered.
2. Contrary; fractious.

[Middle English pevish, possibly from Latin perversus, past participle of perversus; see perverse.]

peevish·ly adv.
peevish·ness n.

peevish [ˈpiːvɪʃ]
adj
1. fretful or irritable a peevish child
2. Obsolete perverse
[of unknown origin]
peevishly  adv
peevishness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.peevish - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

peevish
Translations
peevish [ˈpiːvɪʃ] ADJ [look, glance] → malhumorado; [tone] → de irritación
he gave her a peevish lookla miró malhumorado

peevish [ˈpiːvɪʃ] adjgrincheux/euse, maussade

peevish
adj (= irritated)gereizt, mürrisch, brummig; (= irritable)reizbar

peevish [ˈpiːvɪʃ] adjscontroso/a, stizzoso/a
peevish [ˈpiːvɪʃ] adjscontroso/a, stizzoso/a

peevish
adj peevish [ˈpiːviʃ]
easily made angry; irritable; frequently complaining a peevish old man. stuurs شَكِس، سَريع الغَضَب والشَّكْوى раздразнителен mrzutý pirrelig; irritabel verdrießlich οξύθυμος, γκρινιάρης malhumorado pahur, tõre بهانه گیر؛ بد خلق äkäinen grincheux עֲצבַּנִי चिड़चिड़ा zlovoljan,razdražljiv ingerlékeny pemarah rellinn, síkvartandi, ergilegur irritabile 気むずかしい 성미 까다로운 irzlus īgns perengus chagrijnig irritabel, gretten drażliwy irritável supărăcios; ţâfnos раздражительный, сварливый mrzutý razdražljiv, siten svadljiv retlig, vresig ซึ่งอารมณ์ร้าย huysuz, aksi 易怒的 сварливий; буркотливий چڑچڑا dễ cáu
adv peevishly
stuurs بِمُشاكَسَه، بِغَضَب سَريع раздразнително mrzutě pirreligt; irritabelt verdrießlich θυμωμένα malhumoradamente, con mal humor pahuralt, tõredalt با بدخلقی äkäisesti avec (mauvaise) humeur בְּעַצבַּנוּת चिड़चिड़ाते हुए, चिड़चिड़ेपन से zlovolja nyűgösen secara pemarah ergilega (di cattivo umore) 気むずかしく 성마르게 irzliai īgni dgn sifat perengusnya chagrijnig irritabelt, grettent zrzędliwie irritavelmente supărat раздражительный mrzuto sitno svadljivo retligt, vresigt อย่างมีอารมณ์ร้าย huysuzlukla 易怒地 сварливо; буркотливо چڑچڑے پن سے dễ cáu
n peevishness
norsheid مُشاكَسَه، نَكَد، سُرْعَة غَضَب раздразнителност rozmrzelost pirrelighed; irritation die Verdrießlichkeit θυμός, εκνευρισμός mal humor, displicencia, impaciencia pahurus, tõredus بد خلقی؛ بهانه گیری äkäisyys mauvaise humeur עַצבַּנוּת चिड़चिड़ापन razdražljivost,mrzovoljnost ingerlékenység sifat pemarah önuglyndi irritabilità 気むずかしさ 성마름 irzlumas īdzība sifat perengus slechte humeur misnøye zły humor irritabilidade irascibilitate раздражительность mrzutosť razdraženost, sitnoba svadljivost retlighet, vresighet ปรากฏขึ้นราง ๆ huysuzluk 易怒 сварливість چڑچڑاپن tính hay cáu kỉnh
adj peeved
angry; annoyed She was peeved about it. ontevrede غاضِب، مُنْزَعِج ядосан rozhněvaný; otrávený irriteret; sur eingeschnappt θυμωμένος, ενοχλημένος fastidiado, molesto pahur, tõre رنجیده؛ دلخور äkäinen fâché רוֹגֵז नाराज zamjeriti duzzogó kesal gramur irritato いら立った 화난 suirzęs sakaitināts bengang ge{#225}{#137}{#225}rgerd irritert, sur, ergerlig zirytowany irritado iritat de раздражённый; недовольный nahnevaný jezen iznerviran irriterad, förargad ทำให้โกรธ öfkeli, sinirli 氣惱的 дратівливий جلا بھنا، بے حد خفا cáu kỉnh


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On reviewing the conduct of Captain Thorn, and examining his peevish and somewhat whimsical correspondence, the impression left upon our mind is, upon the whole, decidedly in his favor.
She was running on thus, when Sophia, with a more peevish voice than she had ever spoken to her in before, cried, "Prithee, why dost thou trouble me with all this stuff?
Soon after the marriage of the young people, the worthy doctor returned to Chertsey, where, bereft of the presence of his old friends, he would have been discontented if his temperament had admitted of such a feeling; and would have turned quite peevish if he had known how.
 
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