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PEEVISH
cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed; “an incorrigibly fractious young man”; “not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
peevish (comparative more peevish, superlative most peevish)
Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross. [from 1520]
Constantly complaining, whining; childishly fretful.
Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous.
(obsolete, adverb) Peevishly.
(obsolete, Northern England) Clever, expert. [18th c.]
(obsolete, Canada, Northern England) Sharp, piercing, bitter (of the wind); windy, blustery (of the weather).
(mostly, obsolete) Perverse, refractory; headstrong, obstinate; capricious, skittish; (also) coy. [from c. 1400]
(obsolete) Silly, senseless, foolish. [16th–17th c.]
(obsolete) Beside oneself; out of one's senses; mad. [16th c.]
(obsolete) Spiteful, malignant, mischievous, harmful. [16th c.]
(obsolete) Hateful, distasteful, horrid. [16th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Pee"vish, a. Etym: [OE. pevische; of uncertain origin, perh. from a word imitative of the noise made by fretful children + -ish.]
1. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant. "Her peevish babe." Wordsworth. She is peevish, sullen, froward. Shak.
2. Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
3. Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.] To send such peevish tokens to a king. Shak.
Syn.
– Querulous; petulant; cross; ill-tempered; testy; captious; discontented. See Fretful.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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