peevishly Sentence Examples
- The child peevishly complained about the lack of candy.
- The boss peevishly reprimanded the employee for a minor mistake.
- Mary peevishly pouted when denied her favorite toy.
- The professor peevishly demanded silence during the lecture.
- The customer peevishly expressed disappointment over the slow service.
- The elderly man peevishly grumbled about the loud music.
- The senator peevishly dismissed his opponent's arguments as frivolous.
- The doctor peevishly advised the patient to follow his instructions exactly.
- The author peevishly disputed any criticism of her work.
- The musician peevishly refused to play any requests from the audience.
peevishly Meaning
Wordnet
peevishly (r)
in a peevish manner
Webster
peevishly (adv.)
In a peevish manner.
Synonyms & Antonyms of peevishly
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- ornery
- snippety
- cross-grained
- prickly
- pouty
- curmudgeonly
- belligerent
- sullen
- truculent
- ill-natured
- ill-tempered
- off-color
- sulky
- surly
- argumentative
- quick-tempered
- fretful
- quarrelsome
- snarly
- scrappy
- disagreeable
- fractious
- combative
- cantankerous
- ratty
- dyspeptic
- bellicose
- bilious
- huffy
- disputatious
- snappy
- ill-humored
- touchy
- off-colored
- contentious
- thin-skinned
- short
- pugnacious
- bearish
- tetchy
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FAQs About the word peevishly
in a peevish mannerIn a peevish manner.
irritable, short-tempered, petulant, querulous, waspish, raspy, cross, pettish, snippy, grumpy
good-natured, outgoing,friendly, amiable, sociable, outgoing, affable, companionable, extraverted, companionable
The child peevishly complained about the lack of candy.
The boss peevishly reprimanded the employee for a minor mistake.
Mary peevishly pouted when denied her favorite toy.
The professor peevishly demanded silence during the lecture.
