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What (who) is peevish - definition
peevish
adj.
irritable
peevish about
Peevish
·adj Silly; childish; trifling.
II. Peevish ·adj Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
III. Peevish ·adj Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
peevish
¦ adjective irritable.
Derivatives
peevishly adverb
peevishness noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'perverse, coy'): of unknown origin.
Examples of use of peevish
1. It would be peevish to quibble that pampered rock stars can easily afford to help Africa.
2. She‘s peevish, like an aging princess who suspects she might never become queen.
3. The car could also talk and boasted its own personality –– slightly haughty, sometimes peevish, but always protective of Hasselhoff.
4. He gave life to a wide spectrum of characters, from a peevish waiter to a lion tamer to an old woman knitting, and to the best–known Bip.
5. She has found that the royal duties, and a peevish husband who likes things done a certain way, can be dispiriting.