peevish

Meaning of peevish

adjective
  1. having or showing an irritable disposition.
    a thin peevish voice

late Middle English (in the sense ‘perverse, coy’): of unknown origin.

Information about peevish

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of peevish

peev-ish

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • peevish is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

peevish synonyms

Meaning cranky:

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy

Meaning having or showing a tendency to be easily angered:

irascible

Meaning feeling or expressing distress or irritation:

fretful

Meaning annoyed:

cross

Meaning bad-tempered:

crabbed

Meaning irritable:

crabby, crotchety

Meaning bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative:

cantankerous

Meaning (especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative:

curmudgeonly

Meaning unfriendly and bad-tempered:

disagreeable

Meaning (of a person) habitually morose:

miserable

Meaning sullen and ill-tempered:

morose

Meaning (of a person) irritable and sharp-tongued:

peppery

Meaning tense, nervous, or irritable:

edgy

Meaning having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked:

impatient

Meaning expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance about something:

complaining

Meaning complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner:

querulous

Meaning feeling or showing anger, hurt, or resentment because of bad experiences or a sense of unjust treatment:

bitter

Meaning (of a person) given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness:

moody

Meaning bad-tempered and irritable:

grumpy

Meaning annoyed or irritated and quick to take offence at petty things:

huffy

Meaning bad-tempered and sulky:

sullen

Meaning bad-tempered and unfriendly:

surly

Meaning morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cooperative or cheerful:

sulky

Meaning feeling or expressing resentment, disappointment, or anger:

sour

Meaning rude in a mean-spirited and surly way:

churlish

Meaning easily upset or offended; oversensitive:

touchy

Meaning (of a dog) irritable and inclined to bite:

snappish

Meaning readily expressing anger or irritation:

waspish

Meaning (of a person) ready to take offence:

prickly

Meaning (especially of an old person) easily irritated:

crusty

Meaning spiteful; bad-tempered:

bilious

Meaning slightly ill, as though having a disordered liver:

liverish

Meaning having indigestion or a consequent air of irritable bad temper:

dyspeptic

Meaning bad-tempered; spiteful:

splenetic

Meaning bad-tempered or irritable:

choleric, narky

Meaning in a petulant bad mood; sulky or grumpy:

mardy

Meaning irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish:

snappy

Meaning (of a person) touchy and defensive, especially on account of having a grievance or a sense of inferiority:

chippy

Meaning irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining:

grouchy

Meaning resembling or characteristic of a rat:

ratty

Meaning rich in or covered with egg:

eggy

Meaning complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way:

whingeing

Meaning a person who is in a bad temper or easily irritated:

sorehead

Meaning like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous:

snaky

Meaning easily annoyed or irritated:

miffy

peevish antonyms

Meaning friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to:

affable

Words that rhyme with peevish

Vish, Slavish, Tavish, bravish, cavish, chavish, enravish, knavish, lavish, overlavish, overravish, overslavish, ravish, slavish, unlavish, beevish, impeevish, skevish, thievish, unpeevish, unthievish, Livish, fivish, livish, calvish, elvish, wolvish, dovish, dervish, nervish, scurvish, Luvish, mauvish

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