peevish

peevish is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
2. adjective. Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
3. adjective. Silly; childish; trifling.
4. adjective. easily irritated or annoyed

   "an incorrigibly fractious young man"

   "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

   Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy

Synonyms

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy

Common word forms

peevishly, peevishness

Words from these letters

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