Definitions
easily irritated or annoyed
Word origin
The adverb is derived from the adjective.
Used in a sentence
“Due to the long wait, there were several peevish patients in the doctor’s waiting room.”
“This makes his own mind untroubled, and consequently unapt to vent peevish expressions, or give passionate or inconsistent orders to those about him.”
“[T]he luckless Kitty continued in the parlour repining at her fate in terms as unreasonable as her accent was peevish.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Irritable mood”7 letters
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