What does peevishness mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, cholernoun

    an irritable petulant feeling

  2. temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surlinessnoun

    a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

    "his temper was well known to all his employees"

Wiktionary

  1. peevishnessnoun

    The state of being peevish.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Peevishnessnoun

    Irascibility; querulousness; fretfulness; perverseness.

    Etymology: from peevish.

    Some miscarriages in government might escape through the peevishness of others, envying the publick should be managed without them. Charles I .

    It will be an unpardonable, as well as childish peevishness, if we undervalue the advantages of our knowledge, and neglect to improve it. John Locke.

    You may find
    Nothing but acid left behind:
    From passion you may then be freed,
    When peevishness and spleen succeed. Jonathan Swift.

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  1. peevishness

    Peevishness is a state or characteristic of being easily irritated or annoyed. It refers to a display of bad temper or unnecessary complaining about minor issues, often marked by a mood of being irritable, grumpy, discontent, or petulant.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Peevishnessnoun

    the quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of peevishness in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of peevishness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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