Associations to the word «Peevish»

Wiktionary

PEEVISH, adjective. Constantly complaining; fretful, whining.

Dictionary definition

PEEVISH, adjective. Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope