Examples of 'peevish' in a sentence
Meaning of "peevish"
Peevish: Used to describe someone who is easily irritated, especially by unimportant things. It is an adjective used to depict a person's temperament or behavior
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- Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross.
- Constantly complaining, whining; childishly fretful.
- Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous.
- Clever, expert.
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To send such peevish tokens to a king.
Might make them rather peevish.
Children can be peevish and pouting.
I suspect destroying the royal palace with their queen inside might make the rather peevish.
You all know how peevish tigers are.
I am peevish off my own ship.
You do not have to be so peevish about it.
He got peevish as he got older.
Child who needs chamomilla is peevish and fretful.
Now you play the peevish lover stung by jealousy and betrayal.
I think it makes him peevish.
I thought you would be peevish at my ignoring you and come to me.
Some people are just peevish.
In the whole of their peevish criticism there is not the shadow of a class approach.
Because that is a peevish gash.
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And a peevish and snarling Mary Astor turns up in the role.
Do not lie to a child nor be peevish or arrogant with it.
But what the peevish Swede entirely lacks is our ferocious Russian fighting spirit.
Tis but a peevish boy.
Ed has been bombarded on Twitter with responses to this little bit of peevish sophistry.
Was the notoriously peevish conservative.
The little Cricket told me so but I am a headstrong and peevish puppet.
Why should we in our peevish opposition take it to heart?
The French are a little peevish.
Tis but a peevish boy, yet he talks well.
You look peevish.
Do you become peevish or private when questioned by a superior?
I ai not never seen nobody get so peevish over a cow before.
Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men 's judgments of one another.
Do not be peevish.
Pendleton has a thing about being crossed, makes him real peevish.
We in Europe must be prepared to rise above any peevish reactions to those sentiments.
Such self-pity weakens the heart and makes him peevish.
She says I am always peevish afterwards.
A peevish schoolboy, join would with a masker and a reveller! worthless of such honour.
So the Lord uses them as an illustration of the peevish stubborn attitudes of Israel.
The ladies ' voices grew animated, and if the sad truth be owned a little peevish.
Uh, run after that same peevish messenger.
Was the notoriously peevish conservative "washington post" columnist george will Who wrote.
Fie, what an indirect and peevish course.
Or else break out in peevish jealousies, throwing restraint upon us.
Intense lip spoils the face, making it a peevish or sad.
Fie, what indirect and peevish course is this of hers.
In the course of time, however failing health left him an unhappy and peevish man.
I know 'twas but some peevish moon in him.
I am so peevish about it, that I have no patience.
No, the little man gets peevish about this time.
They would name a city after him . It seems a surprise Peevish sort.
The postal authorities get very peevish about people opening other people 's mail.
Who in the Arab world would have supported such peevish stances?
