English to French Meaning of peevish - maussade

Peevish :

maussade

adjective

impérieux, délibéré, rebelle, autocratique, maussade, pervers, furieux, fou, désobéissant, réfractaire, indiscipliné, intraitable, grognon, irritable, grincheux, irrité, provocant, passionnant, inflammatoire, méchant, de mauvaise humeur, coléreux, acariâtre, avare, miteux, excentrique, mal, différent, délicat, pointilleux, difficile à satisfaire, agréable, atrabilaire, Snuffy, féroce, passionné, qui s'emporte rapidement

Peevish :: maussadePeevishly :: hargneusementPeevishness :: peevishness

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Definitions of peevish in English

Adjective(1) easily irritated or annoyed

Examples of peevish in English

(1) Lyra, who is apparently cast as a rebellious, headstrong girl, comes across as peevish and irritating.(2) It just means that you do have license to break; that you are not just being peevish .(3) By the time we emerged in the canning shed, Granny was back to her usual peevish self, as if nothing had happened.(4) He calms down but remains peevish ; much in the way of a child who does not get his/her own way.(5) Marshall, on the other hand, always sounded peevish , arrogant and condescending.(6) Everyone looked angry, except Joyuko who looked more skeptical than peevish as she usually did.(7) Linton was now only peevish instead of fearful; with the danger to himself over, he relaxed.(8) Arilss was deposited on Morgan's other side, looking equally peevish .(9) She clenched the air in her hands like a peevish child.(10) Not entirely not herself, but still a little peevish .(11) He becomes more and more peevish and tiresome, the archetypal boring jokey uncle of TV sit-corns, as his music becomes more and more unfathomably deep.(12) I think Stewart is kind of funny, but also peevish - not as nimble at turning things into fun as he used to be.(13) Always being overlooked would cause a person to become peevish .(14) It happens and we shouldn't get peevish about it.(15) I'm not sure why it is that liberals have become gloomy, scolding, peevish and puritanical, but so they have.(16) I spoke with the tone of some peevish adolescent, arms tense at my sides, and eyes like two slits expelling charcoal fog.

(1) pet peeve ::

bête noire

Synonyms

Adjective

1. irritable ::

irritable

2. fractious ::

hargneux

3. fretful ::

agité

4. cross ::

traverser

5. petulant ::

irritable

6. querulous ::

bougon

7. pettish ::

maussade

8. crabby ::

grincheuse

9. crotchety ::

grognon

10. cantankerous ::

acariâtre

12. sullen ::

renfrogné

13. grumpy ::

grincheux

14. bad-tempered ::

de mauvaise humeur

15. short-tempered ::

coléreux

16. touchy ::

suceptible

17. testy ::

grincheux

18. tetchy ::

irritable

19. snappish ::

hargneux

20. irascible ::

irascible

21. waspish ::

grincheux

22. prickly ::

épineux

23. crusty ::

croustillant

25. splenetic ::

atrabilaire

26. choleric ::

colérique

27. cranky ::

excentrique

28. ornery ::

méchant

Different Forms

peevish, peevishly, peevishness

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