Found 3 items, similar to Peevish.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: peevish
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peevish
peevish
adj : easily irritated or annoyed;
“an incorrigibly fractious
young man”;
“not the least nettlesome of his
countrymen” [syn:
cranky,
fractious,
irritable,
nettlesome,
peckish,
pettish,
petulant,
testy,
tetchy,
techy]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peevish
Peevish
\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.
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She is peevish, sullen, froward. --Shak.
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2. Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable
dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
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3. Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.]
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To send such peevish tokens to a king. --Shak.
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Syn: Querulous; petulant; cross; ill-tempered; testy;
captious; discontented. See
Fretful.
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