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peevishness

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
  2. [n]  an irritable petulant feeling
 
 Synonyms: biliousness, choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, irritability, pettishness, petulance, snappishness, surliness, temper
 
 See Also: ill humor, ill humour, ill nature, pet, querulousness, testiness, tetchiness, touchiness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pee"vish*ness\, n.
The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness
of temper.

Syn: See {Petulance}.

 

 

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