Definitions

peevish

[pee-vish] / ˈpi vɪʃ /

ADJECTIVE

irritable, testy

Synonyms

WEAK

acrimonious angry bad-tempered cantankerous captious carping caviling childish churlish complaining crabbed cranky critical cross crotchety crusty cussed fault-finding fractious fretful fretting grouchy grousing growling grumpy huffy ill-natured mean morose obstinate ogre ornery out-of-sorts pertinacious petulant querulous short-tempered snappy splenetic sulky sullen surly tetchy touchy ugly waspish waspy whining

Antonyms

WEAK

accepting friendly happy pleasant

Example Sentences

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Buster was sure that Peevish Peggy had come to help him.

From The Tale of Buster Bumblebee by Smith, Harry L.

Then the Robber Fly had rushed up and seized Peevish Peggy, who had promptly let go of Buster Bumblebee.

From The Tale of Buster Bumblebee by Smith, Harry L.

And Peevish Peggy had a very narrow escape.

From The Tale of Buster Bumblebee by Smith, Harry L.

Peevish and fretful oft we are,— Ah, no—that cannot be: Of our blind eyes he is the star, Without him, what were we?

From Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Dutt, Toru

Peevish Peggy and some of her companions had played a trick on Buster—because of his boasting.

From The Tale of Buster Bumblebee by Smith, Harry L.

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