peevishness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: peevishness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for peevishness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peevishness n an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler] a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" Synonym(s): temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peevishness \Pee"vish*ness\, n. The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper. Syn: See {Petulance}.