Peevish /(?)/
Pee·vish
Peevish
a.
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Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
She is peevish, sullen, froward.
- Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
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Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.]
To send such peevish tokens to a king.