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- pronunciation:
- pi
vihsh
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition: |
irritable or easily annoyed; ill-tempered.
He's always peevish if he's had a bad day at work, so it's best to just leave him alone.- synonyms:
- crabby, cranky, huffy, irritable, pettish, petulant, testy, touchy
- antonyms:
- good-humored
- similar words:
- bilious, cantankerous, choleric, cross, crotchety, dyspeptic, grouchy, grumpy, ill-natured, perverse, quarrelsome, sour, splenetic, thin-skinned, waspish
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related words: |
angry, catty, gruff, irritable, moody, querulous, snappish, snappy, sullen, surly, testy, ticklish, touchy |
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derivations: |
peevishly (adv.), peevishness (n.) |
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