Peevish

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Querulous or discontented.
  • adjective. Ill-tempered.
  • adjective. Contrary; fractious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Querulous; petulant; ill-tempered; cross; fitful.
  • Perverse; self-willed; forward; testy.
  • Characterized by or indicating discontent, petulancy, or fretfulness.
  • Childish; silly; foolish; trifling.
  • Synonyms Fretful, Pettish, etc. (see petulant), ill-natured, testy, irritable, waspish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
  • adjective. Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction.
  • adjective. Silly; childish; trifling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Constantly complaining; fretful, whining.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. easily irritated or annoyed
  • Word Usage
    "It even has its own pair of Watchmen-style deconstructed superheroes: Mermaid Man, shuffling in peevish slippers toward senility, and his long-suffering sidekick, Barnacle Boy."
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