'Peevishness' definitions:
Definition of 'peevishness'
From: WordNet
noun
An irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler]
noun
A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness]
Definition of 'Peevishness'
From: GCIDE
- Peevishness \Pee"vish*ness\, n. The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Petulance. [1913 Webster] Peevit