Australian English Meaning of peevish
peevish
Other Australian English words related to peevish
- irritable
- choleric
- crabby
- cranky
- cross
- crotchety
- fiery
- Grouchy
- grumpy
- irascible
- passionate
- perverse
- annoyed
- petulant
- whinging
- raspy
- sensitive
- short-fused
- snappy
- snarky
- stuffy
- testy
- waspish
- Out of humour
- out of order
- snippy
- argumentative
- bearish
- bellicose
- belligerent
- bilious
- cantankerous
- combative
- Contentious
- cross-grained
- Curmudgeonly
- disagreeable
- disputatious
- dyspeptic
- fractious
- fretful
- huffy
- Ill-humored
- Ill-natured
- Ill-tempered
- Blue
- ornery
- prickly
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick-tempered
- ratty
- scrappy
- short
- Snappy
- Snarly
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- tetchy
- Thin-skinned
- touchy
- truculent
- off-colour
- pouty
- snippy
Nearest Words of peevish
Definitions and Meaning of peevish in English
peevish (s)
easily irritated or annoyed
peevish (a.)
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.
Silly; childish; trifling.
FAQs About the word peevish
peevish
easily irritated or annoyedHabitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant., Expressing fretfulness and discon
irritable,choleric,crabby,cranky,cross,crotchety,fiery,Grouchy,grumpy,irascible
Affable,agreeable,amiable,companionable,cordial,extroverted,extroverted,friendly,brilliant,good-natured
peeved => annoyed, peeve => annoyance, peery => inquisitive, peerweet => Unknown, peert => Peer,
