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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

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Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Childishly fretful; difficult to please; ill-tempered.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Habitually fretful: easily annoyed: hard to please.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Feebly fretful; querulous; petulant.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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