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PEEVISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Easily irritated or annoyed

Example:

not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

Synonyms:

cranky; fractious; irritable; nettlesome; peckish; peevish; pettish; petulant; scratchy; techy; testy; tetchy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

Derivation:

peevishness (an irritable petulant feeling)

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