Peevishness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an irritable petulant feeling

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈiːvɪʃnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈiːvɪʃnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈiːvɪʃnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /pˈiːvɪʃnəs/.

Examples

his temper was well known to all his employees

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

temper surliness choler snappishness petulance pettishness biliousness irritability fussiness fretfulness crossness

Parts of Speech

noun	an irritable petulant feeling
noun	a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger “his temper was well known to all his employees”

Word Forms

irritable	adjective	easily irritated or annoyed
fretful	adjective	habitually complaining
fussy	adjective	annoyed and irritable
peevish	adjective	easily irritated or annoyed
petulant	adjective	easily irritated or annoyed
temper	verb	restrain
pettish	adjective	easily irritated or annoyed
snappish	adjective	apt to speak irritably
surly	adjective	inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verdrießlichkeit

ein gereiztes, gereiztes Gefühl

🇫🇷French

maussade

un sentiment irritable et pétulant

🇪🇸Spanish

mal humor

una sensación irritable y petulante

🇮🇹Italian

irritabilità

un sentimento irritabile e petulante

🇳🇱Dutch

humeurigheid

een prikkelbaar prikkelbaar gevoel

🇵🇹Portuguese

rabugice

um sentimento irritável e petulante

🇷🇺Russian

раздражительность

раздражительное, капризное чувство

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चिड़चिड़ापन

एक चिड़चिड़ा चिड़चिड़ा एहसास

🇧🇩Bengali

বিরক্তি

একটি খিটখিটে পেটুল্যান্ট অনুভূতি

🇮🇳Tamil

வெறித்தனம்

ஒரு எரிச்சலூட்டும் அற்பமான உணர்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

పిచ్చితనం

ఒక చికాకు కలిగించే చిరాకు భావన

🇮🇳Marathi

चिडचिड

चिडचिड करणारी भावना

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉદાસીનતા

એક તામસી પેટ્યુલન્ટ લાગણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಡ್ಡತನ

ಒಂದು ಕೆರಳಿಸುವ ಪೆಟುಲಂಟ್ ಭಾವನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പരിഭ്രമം

ഒരു പ്രകോപനപരമായ വികാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਚੈਨੀ

ਇੱਕ ਚਿੜਚਿੜੇਪਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

غصہ

ایک چڑچڑا پن کا احساس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

脾气暴躁

烦躁任性的感觉

🇯🇵Japanese

不機嫌さ

イライラした不快感

🇰🇷Korean

짜증

짜증나고 심술궂은 감정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự gắt gỏng

một cảm giác nóng nảy cáu kỉnh

🇹🇭Thai

ความฉุนเฉียว

ความรู้สึกหงุดหงิดหงุดหงิด

🇮🇩Indonesian

rasa kesal

perasaan marah yang mudah tersinggung

🇵🇭Filipino

kakulitan

isang iritable petulant feeling

🇲🇾Malay

rasa geram

perasaan petulan yang merengsa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

النكد

شعور مزعج

🇮🇷Persian

بدجنسی

یک احساس آزاردهنده تحریک پذیر

🇹🇷Turkish

titizlik

sinirli, huysuz bir duygu

🇮🇱Hebrew

עצבנות

תחושה עצבנית עצבנית

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