OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 13231

peevish

/ˈpiːvɪʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alaraco • alharaquiento • malhumorado • quejica • quejicoso
Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.
Due to the long wait, there were several peevish patients in the doctor’s waiting room.
[T]he nature of religion, […] showeth it consisteth […] not in a peevish crossness and obstinate repugnancy to received laws and customs, but in a quiet and peaceable submission to…