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peevish ADJ

peevish

be or become peevish VB

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As for us, we're bearish on the stock market... skittish on bonds... and peevish on the election.
www.dailyreckoning.com.au
It is always peevish and fretful and restless, wanting something it can't get.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
And it's not just his players that he can be peevish with.
deadspin.com
The wear and tear upon their nerves and their muscles, and the loss of sleep make them peevish and fretful.
en.wikipedia.org
Speaking of which, yeah, he's being peevish and self-interested about the money, but what else is he supposed to do?
www.vulture.com
The dugouts were swarming with quarrelsome clowns; jabbing, jostling and squealing peevish protests.
www.dailymail.co.uk
The tone might seem peevish, but it wasn't really.
www.thestar.com
Spiteful and peevish, unedifying and niggly: nasty and brutish, and not even that short.
www.irishexaminer.com
He deplored her behaviour, capriciousness, peevish faces and sharp words.
en.wikipedia.org
Each bit of infrastructure would make some kind of declamatory statement -- sometimes gracious and welcoming, sometimes didactic, sometimes peevish.
radar.oreilly.com

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