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Meaning of 'peevish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Peevish [ a.]
- Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
- Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
- Silly; childish; trifling.

Meaning of 'peevish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . peevish [ s]
Meaning (1):
- easily irritated or annoyed
Example in sentence:
  • an incorrigibly fractious young man;
  • not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

Nearby Words:

pee peece peechi peek peekaboo peel peele peeled peeler peelhouse

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