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:
- short
- cantankerous
- sullen
- sulky
- scrappy
- truculent
- thin-skinned
- prickly
- argumentative
- belligerent
- fractious
- bellicose
- quarrelsome
- curmudgeonly
- snippety
- huffy
- bilious
- ratty
- touchy
- combative
- ill-humored
- surly
- pouty
- pugnacious
- tetchy
- quick-tempered
- cross-grained
- disagreeable
- ill-tempered
- dyspeptic
- contentious
- snarly
- bearish
- disputatious
- ill-natured
- ornery
- fretful
- snappy
- off-color
- off-colored
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FAQs About the word peevishly
in a peevish mannerIn a peevish manner.
irritable, stuffy, passionate, sensitive, grumpy, snippy, snarky, irascible, choleric, out of sorts
sociable, amiable, sociable, sweet, genial,friendly, companionable, sweet, cordial, outgoing
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.
