Peevish (Adjective)
Meaning
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- After a few hours without coffee, she became peevish and difficult to work with.
- He's usually quite calm, but lack of sleep always brings out his peevish side.
- Her peevish tone immediately set everyone in the meeting on edge.
- His peevish reactions made the comedy sketch much more humorous.
- Her elderly aunt could be peevish when the subject turned to her creaky joints.