- Noun: Peevish
- querulous in temperament or mood
- perversely obstinate
- marked by ill temper
- Synonyms:
- Choleric
- Crabby
- Cranky
- Grumpy
- Snappish
- Usage:
- “So, her rather good-looking square face was peevish, she had that air of having been compelled all her life to serve unwillingly, and to control where she did not want to control.”
- Encountered:
- The short story Daughters of the Vicar by D. H. Lawrence
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