Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.
- 2adjective
Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
- 3adjective
Silly; childish; trifling.
- 4adjective
easily irritated or annoyed
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"
"not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
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