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Peevishness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state of being peevish.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The quality of being peevish; perverseness; forwardness; petulancy; fretfulness; waywardness; capriciousness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an irritable petulant feeling

n. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Word Usage

"Her peevishness was a ruse she employed to convince herself that she didn't like feeling his solid presence along her back, touching from shoulders to toes, nor the warm, damp gusts of his breath against her nape."

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

petulance

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

doggedness petulance fretfulness irritability moodiness