peevish
Meaning of peevish
adjective
- having or showing an irritable disposition.
a thin peevish voice
late Middle English (in the sense ‘perverse, coy’): of unknown origin.
Information about peevish
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of peevish
peev-ish
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- peevish is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
peevish synonyms
Meaning cranky:
cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
Meaning having or showing a tendency to be easily angered:
Meaning feeling or expressing distress or irritation:
Meaning annoyed:
Meaning bad-tempered:
Meaning irritable:
Meaning bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative:
Meaning (especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative:
Meaning unfriendly and bad-tempered:
Meaning (of a person) habitually morose:
Meaning sullen and ill-tempered:
Meaning (of a person) irritable and sharp-tongued:
Meaning tense, nervous, or irritable:
Meaning having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked:
Meaning expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance about something:
Meaning complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner:
Meaning feeling or showing anger, hurt, or resentment because of bad experiences or a sense of unjust treatment:
Meaning (of a person) given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness:
Meaning bad-tempered and irritable:
Meaning annoyed or irritated and quick to take offence at petty things:
Meaning bad-tempered and sulky:
Meaning bad-tempered and unfriendly:
Meaning morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cooperative or cheerful:
Meaning feeling or expressing resentment, disappointment, or anger:
Meaning rude in a mean-spirited and surly way:
Meaning easily upset or offended; oversensitive:
Meaning (of a dog) irritable and inclined to bite:
Meaning readily expressing anger or irritation:
Meaning (of a person) ready to take offence:
Meaning (especially of an old person) easily irritated:
Meaning spiteful; bad-tempered:
Meaning slightly ill, as though having a disordered liver:
Meaning having indigestion or a consequent air of irritable bad temper:
Meaning bad-tempered; spiteful:
Meaning bad-tempered or irritable:
Meaning in a petulant bad mood; sulky or grumpy:
Meaning irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish:
Meaning (of a person) touchy and defensive, especially on account of having a grievance or a sense of inferiority:
Meaning irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining:
Meaning resembling or characteristic of a rat:
Meaning rich in or covered with egg:
Meaning complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way:
Meaning a person who is in a bad temper or easily irritated:
Meaning like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous:
Meaning easily annoyed or irritated:
peevish antonyms
Meaning friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to:
Words that rhyme with peevish
Vish, Slavish, Tavish, bravish, cavish, chavish, enravish, knavish, lavish, overlavish, overravish, overslavish, ravish, slavish, unlavish, beevish, impeevish, skevish, thievish, unpeevish, unthievish, Livish, fivish, livish, calvish, elvish, wolvish, dovish, dervish, nervish, scurvish, Luvish, mauvish
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