PEEVISH
\pˈiːvɪʃ], \pˈiːvɪʃ], \p_ˈiː_v_ɪ_ʃ]\
Definitions of PEEVISH
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
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Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
By Oddity Software
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Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
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Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
