What does "peevish" mean?
Peevish: Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer.
Additional senses
- 2.Silly; childish; trifling. [Obs.] To send such peevish tokens to a king. Shak. See Fretful.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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