peevish 音标拼音: [p'ivɪʃ]
a . 易怒的,暴躁的,撒娇的
易怒的,暴躁的,撒娇的
peevish adj 1 :
easily irritated or annoyed ; "
an incorrigibly fractious young man "; "
not the least nettlesome of his countrymen "
[
synonym : {
cranky }, {
fractious }, {
irritable }, {
nettlesome },
{
peevish }, {
peckish }, {
pettish }, {
petulant }, {
scratchy },
{
testy }, {
tetchy }, {
techy }]
Peevish \
Pee "
vish \,
a . [
OE .
pevische ;
of uncertain origin ,
perh .
from a word imitative of the noise made by fretful children -
ish .]
1 .
Habitually fretful ;
easily vexed or fretted ;
hard to please ;
apt to complain ;
querulous ;
petulant . "
Her peevish babe ." --
Wordsworth .
[
1913 Webster ]
She is peevish ,
sullen ,
froward . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Expressing fretfulness and discontent ,
or unjustifiable dissatisfaction ;
as ,
a peevish answer .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Silly ;
childish ;
trifling . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
To send such peevish tokens to a king . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Querulous ;
petulant ;
cross ;
ill -
tempered ;
testy ;
captious ;
discontented .
See {
Fretful }.
[
1913 Webster ]
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "
peevish ":
Jeremianic ,
acrimonious ,
bad -
tempered ,
beefing ,
bellyaching ,
bilious ,
bitching ,
cantankerous ,
captious ,
carping ,
catty ,
caviling ,
cavilling ,
churlish ,
complaining ,
complaintful ,
crabbed ,
crabbing ,
crabby ,
cranky ,
critical ,
croaking ,
cross ,
crotchety ,
crusty ,
disappointed ,
discontented ,
disgruntled ,
displeased ,
dissatisfied ,
envious ,
faultfinding ,
fractious ,
fretful ,
griping ,
grouchy ,
grousing ,
growling ,
grumbling ,
grumpish ,
grumpy ,
howling ,
huffy ,
ill -
humored ,
ill -
natured ,
ill -
tempered ,
irritable ,
lamentive ,
malcontent ,
malcontented ,
moanful ,
mournful ,
murmuring ,
muttering ,
nagging ,
naggy ,
out of humor ,
pettish ,
petulant ,
plaintive ,
plangent ,
puling ,
querulant ,
querulous ,
rebellious ,
resentful ,
restive ,
restless ,
short -
tempered ,
shrewish ,
snappish ,
sorrowful ,
splenetic ,
sulky ,
testy ,
tetchy ,
touchy ,
ululant ,
unaccepting ,
unaccommodating ,
uneasy ,
unfulfilled ,
ungratified ,
unhappy ,
unsatisfied ,
vixenish ,
vixenly ,
wailful ,
waspish ,
whimpering ,
whining ,
whiny
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