peevish
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Titus hands power to Saturninus, the eldest son of the late Roman emperor, played with a comic spin as a peevish dilettante by Matthew Amendt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
“He looks startled,” Reed said of the president’s peevish performance.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
Or one could fault the unspoken villain cut edited over years of coverage that makes Charles seem either silly or peevish or . . . standing there.
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2022
Looking like a prophet in his white beard and robe, he attacked several prominent figures in the Islamist world with the air of a peevish grandfather scolding his wayward offspring.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022
He concluded with an Adams salvo against “the peevish and fretful effusions of politicians,” then signed off as “J.A. In the 89 year of his age still too fat to last much longer.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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