peevish

a. வெடுவெடுப்பான, சீறி விழுகிற, சிடுசிடுப்பு மிக்க.

Synonyms

fretful querulous petulant testy captious waspish splenetic ill-natured irascible

Antonyms

genial complaisant insensate inquerulous easy good-natured good-tempered

Pee"vish, a. Etym: [OE. pevische; of uncertain origin, perh. from a word imitative of the noise made by fretful children + -ish.] 1. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant. "Her peevish babe." Wordsworth. She is peevish, sullen, froward. Shak. 2. Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer. 3. Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.] To send such peevish tokens to a king. Shak. Syn. -- Querulous; petulant; cross; ill-tempered; testy; captious; discontented. See Fretful.

peevish - Similar Words

peevishly peevishness pervis perish pelvis peevit elvish spleenish pish weerish