Word "PEEVISH" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
easily irritated or annoyed
Synonyms:
cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy

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Bad-tempered Eve's hip has treatment (7)
Cross, penning six sheep that strayed (7)
Irritable Thomas Joseph 13 May 2025
Fractious The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 29 Apr 2025
Tetchy expression of contempt involving old magistrate endlessly The Times Cryptic 15 Apr 2025
Flustered VIP's here right away getting irritable (7)
Irritable VIPs moving around sides of exquisite hotel (7)
You may get ill-tempered about sheep, Vi (7)
Petulant LA Times Daily 04 Sep 2024
'Urinate on half-a-dozen?". 'Quiet!', quoth the querulous (7)
Irritable of disposition (7) The Guardian Quick 27 Jun 2024
Cranky New York Times 12 Jun 2024
Very easily irritated
Initially holding post in retirement, Kamala is irritable
Irritable The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 May 2024
Cross about a few sheep I allowed to stray (7)
Irritable VIP? He's upset when touring Spain (7)
Irritable Eve in a restless state wearing an impatient expression (7)
MEAN
Querulous The Times Concise 15 Oct 2023
Petulant woman feeding wandering sheep The Times Cryptic 11 Jul 2022
Cranky, easily annoyed Irish Times Simplex 20 Jan 2022
Fretful; cross The Times Concise 29 Sep 2021
Fractious rubbish about drugs written by viscount
“I am determined to be ____ after my long day’s botheration” (Mr Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities) The Times Specialist Sunday 23 May 2021
Ill-tempered New York Times 19 Oct 2020
Irritable The Guardian Quick 18 Mar 2020
Cranky, easily annoyed Irish Times Simplex 09 Sep 2019
Irritable The Telegraph Quick 02 Nov 2018
Irritable English singer left unnoticed in pub The Telegraph Toughie 09 Feb 2017
Irritable Dickens character coming back to collect six shillings The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Dec 2015
Irritable The Times Concise 08 May 2015
Easily irritated
Showing irritation
Cross
Showing irritation
Having pets
Petulant
Easily irritated
Petulant
Irritable
Irritable
Ill-tempered
Cross
Petulant
Cross
Ill-humored.
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