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Meanings of
peevishness
in English
Portuguese
irritabilidade
Catalan
còlera
Spanish
cólera
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An irritable petulant feeling.
irritability
petulance
choler
fretfulness
crossness
fussiness
Portuguese
irritabilidade
Spanish
irritabilidad
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A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.
temper
surliness
biliousness
pettishness
snappishness
Spanish
irritabilidad
Synonyms
Examples for "
temper
"
temper
surliness
biliousness
pettishness
snappishness
Examples for "
temper
"
1
During the crisis in the Sudan, the popular
temper
was her own.
2
And I wish you'd go 'way, she said, her
temper
rising again.
3
People whose major concern is climate change have to
temper
their ambitions.
4
Franshion's large cash balance and its good financial flexibility
temper
this weakness.
5
Fanshion's large cash balance and its good financial flexibility
temper
this weakness.
1
Already, despite her
surliness
,
he feared she'd be disappointed if he left.
2
With my best effort at
surliness
I asked what we had done.
3
That along with the uncharacteristic
surliness
meant he was edgy as hell.
4
His relief expressed itself in a superficial
surliness
;
but Edwin was not deceived.
5
We managed for months before
surliness
crept in and the project was abandoned.
1
They are of the very greatest value where there is any tendency toward
biliousness
.
2
There is more yellow in life from
biliousness
,
than from the state of the atmosphere.
3
In many instances it causes
biliousness
,
fermentation and constipation.
4
Although in the case of the sovereign pontiff, his
biliousness
was, to a degree, understandable.
5
Port knew from experience how acute is that form of
biliousness
which results from rage.
1
For me, her
pettishness
is one of her charms, I confess it.
2
This, together with her very human
pettishness
,
complicated the social problem.
3
At this I broke out in all a sick man's
pettishness
.
4
She turned her back on him, then suddenly smarted at her own
pettishness
.
5
He ignored Hyacinth's resentment, endured her
pettishness
,
and was studiously polite to her.
1
Why go along with crossness, and coldness and
snappishness
in your life?
2
Was that the reason for my
snappishness
at the ME's office?
3
Cursed
snappishness
to those under me, on a bodily indisposition.
4
Collette stared at me like I'd grown another head, and her
snappishness
came back.
5
This
snappishness
amazed and wounded the young man.
Usage of
peevishness
in English
1
His mind was palsied with his body; its utmost energy was
peevishness
.
2
Fine. He couldn't prevent the
peevishness
that had crept into his voice.
3
A disordered, or an over-loaded stomach, is a frequent cause of
peevishness
.
4
My invalid
peevishness
,
too, has accentuated my sensitiveness to shades of refinement.
5
Hoddan scowled at Don Loris, whose expression of
peevishness
did not lighten.
6
Passions turned into needs; strong opinions devolved into
peevishness
or rage.
7
Which was probably why they were so mean-generalbuildup of
peevishness
.
8
Persis' soothing tone suggested readiness to excuse the natural
peevishness
of an invalid.
9
Put my words down to the
peevishness
of old age then.
10
I wasn't a Bokononist then, so I agreed with some
peevishness
.
11
To allow a feeling of
peevishness
to overwhelm all your affection for Andre!
12
Soon she asked, in a voice which had quite lost the tone of
peevishness
:
13
He closed this wretched outbreak of
peevishness
and wounded self-conceit with the following passage:-
14
The
peevishness
of one of their number seemed to bring out their latent courage.
15
The
peevishness
of an invalid vents itself even on those who alleviate his pain.
16
I don't have to respond to such
peevishness
,
Miss Pemberton.
Other examples for "peevishness"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
peevishness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
slight peevishness
increase peevishness
much peevishness
cause peevishness
certain peevishness
More collocations
Translations for
peevishness
Portuguese
irritabilidade
Catalan
còlera
fúria
Spanish
cólera
furia
irritabilidad
Peevishness
through the time
Peevishness
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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