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peevish

/pee-vish/US // ˈpi vɪʃ //UK // (ˈpiːvɪʃ) //

乖张,乖戾,乖张的,乖戾的

Related Words

acrimonious尖锐的,尖刻的,尖刻,尖锐angry愤怒的,愤怒,愤怒地,生气bad-tempered脾气不好的人,脾气不好的,脾气不好,坏脾气cantankerous气喘吁吁,气喘吁吁的,脾气暴躁的人,脾气暴躁的captious迷人的,掳掠,任性,束手就擒carping争吵,捣乱,捣蛋,跳舞childish幼稚的,幼稚,愚蠢的,稚气churlish厚颜无耻,无聊,无礼,无礼的complaining抱怨,抱怨声,埋怨,投诉cranky烦躁不安,脾气暴躁,烦躁的,烦躁不安的critical关键,关键的,重要的,重要cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形crotchety萝卜头,萝卜青菜各有所爱,萝卜丝crusty硬壳,硬壳的,硬皮,结壳的fault-finding找茬,寻错,找错,寻疵fractious烦躁不安,烦躁不安的,烦躁的,烦乱的fretful烦躁不安的,烦躁不安,焦躁不安,焦躁不安的grouchy焦躁不安,忧郁的,脾气暴躁的,焦躁不安的grumpy脾气暴躁的,脾气坏的,脾气不好的,暴躁的huffy愠怒,愠怒的,烦躁不安,烦躁

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
    • : showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood: a peevish reply; a peevish frown.
    • : perverse or obstinate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.irritable, testy
Synonyms
acrimonious尖锐的,尖刻的,尖刻,尖锐angry愤怒的,愤怒,愤怒地,生气bad-tempered脾气不好的人,脾气不好的,脾气不好,坏脾气cantankerous气喘吁吁,气喘吁吁的,脾气暴躁的人,脾气暴躁的captious迷人的,掳掠,任性,束手就擒carping争吵,捣乱,捣蛋,跳舞caviling凹凸不平,穴居,龋齿,空洞childish幼稚的,幼稚,愚蠢的,稚气churlish厚颜无耻,无聊,无礼,无礼的complaining抱怨,抱怨声,埋怨,投诉crabbed贪婪的,贪得无厌,贪婪,贪污cranky烦躁不安,脾气暴躁,烦躁的,烦躁不安的critical关键,关键的,重要的,重要cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形crotchety萝卜头,萝卜青菜各有所爱,萝卜丝crusty硬壳,硬壳的,硬皮,结壳的cussed骂人的,骂骂咧咧,骂人,骂过的fault-finding找茬,寻错,找错,寻疵fractious烦躁不安,烦躁不安的,烦躁的,烦乱的fretful烦躁不安的,烦躁不安,焦躁不安,焦躁不安的fretting烦躁不安,焦虑不安,焦虑,雀跃grouchy焦躁不安,忧郁的,脾气暴躁的,焦躁不安的grousing抱怨,哼哼唧唧,牢骚,抱怨的grumpy脾气暴躁的,脾气坏的,脾气不好的,暴躁的huffy愠怒,愠怒的,烦躁不安,烦躁ill-natured心术不正,性格恶劣的,性格恶劣,性格恶劣的人mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是morose丧气,丧气的,悲观的,忧郁的obstinate倔强,倔强的,顽固的,顽固ogre食人魔,妖怪,食人妖,食人怪ornery愤怒的人,忧郁的人,脾气暴躁的人,鸟人out-of-sorts不合时宜,不合适的,错乱,不合适pertinacious中肯的,中坚力量,坚韧不拔,中肯petulant娇气,娇气的,娇气的人,娇惯querulous哓哓不休,哓哓不休的,哓哓不绝,哓哓不已short-tempered气短,气急败坏,心急吃不了热豆腐,心急如焚snappy蹩脚的,爽快的,爽快,蹩脚splenetic脾性,芨芨草,溅射,溅射性sulky闷闷不乐,闷闷不乐的,闷骚,闷骚的sullen愠怒,闷闷不乐,忧郁的,哭丧着脸surly糜烂的,糜烂,奇怪的是,汹涌澎湃tetchy乏味的,乏味,乏味的人,烦躁不安touchy敏感的,棘手的,敏感,触摸式ugly丑陋,丑陋的,丑恶的,丑恶waspish卑鄙小人,卑鄙的人,卑鄙的,卑鄙无耻waspy浪费,浪费了,浪费精力,浪费资源whining抱怨,唧唧歪歪,牢骚满腹,抱怨声

Examples

  • The young people in Girls are miserable, peevish, depressed, hate their bodies, themselves, their life, and each other.

  • Impatient and dismissive, punctuated by forced, faked little laughs and peevish demands for more airtime.

  • But under questioning, he continued to look peevish and evasive, and in denial about the judgment problems being exposed.

  • He that refused a pipe in company was accounted peevish and unsociable.

  • Outside the coach his voice still urged her, and it grew peevish and angry, as was usual when he was crossed.

  • "Men style the peevish resentment such dispositions exhibit, 'honor,'" returned Charley, with a half bitter emphasis.

  • I wish to know if Mr Lyson since his return to his native country, continues in his peevish cross temper.

  • We were whimpering and peevish; we were wracked with pain and weary of mind, but that nurse never failed to smile.

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