peevishness

Noun

pee=vish=ness

WORDNET DICTIONARY

peevishness(n = noun.feeling) choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, petulance - an irritable petulant feeling; Array

is a kind of distemper, ill humor, ill humour

has particulars: testiness, tetchiness, touchiness, pet

Derived form adjective peevish₁

peevishness(n = noun.attribute) biliousness, irritability, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, temper - a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

is a kind of ill nature

has particulars: querulousness

peevishness, n.

The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- See Petulance.

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