Adjective : a peevish youngster. ,a peevish reply; a peevish frown. From Dictionary.com.
The cause of her peevishness was a swarm of intensely active flies. From Wordnik.com. [Anderson Crow, Detective] Reference
There's a restlessness, a kind of peevishness, that bothers me. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Cashill's strange notion that Bill Ayers wrote "Dreams From My Father."] Reference
A vivid picture, illustrating puerile peevishness. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Nursery Rhymes] Reference
But Ruth's initial delight soon turned into peevishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bonesetter's Daughter]
Leam's untamable hate and her husband's unmanly peevishness. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
Under no circumstances is peevishness or passion justifiable. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
Noting an unaccustomed accent of peevishness in the energetic voice. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
Every body has heard of Byron's peevishness, when disturbed or intruded on. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
If she owed me a lot of money, this would cause extreme peevishness on my part. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Campaign May Soon Be Getting Call From Collections Agency] Reference
Thornton, with a peevishness that his covering smile could not entirely conceal. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
He was smiling, but there was a touch of something like peevishness in his voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Count's Blackmail Bargain]
| Reply | Permalink less important to Bill Clinton than his personal peevishness. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Wolfson Confirms Rift Between Bill Clinton And Obama] Reference
In Franzen's case, his peevishness undermines the humanistic intentions of his work. From Wordnik.com. [The Man We Knew Too Much] Reference
But he never shows peevishness on the one side nor bloodless romanticism on the other. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
There was not a trace of the old peevishness on her face which was like a withered apple. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Rose of Mifflin] Reference
Houston, on the other hand, set afloat stories of his wife's coldness and of her peevishness. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
We caught just a glimpse of this peevishness in his concession speech in New Hampshire, I thought. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: Obama Was "Part Time" State Senator] Reference
Yet the peevishness that he showed in the first presidential debate was never too far from the surface. From Wordnik.com. [HOW BUSH DID IT] Reference
He closed this wretched outbreak of peevishness and wounded self-conceit with the following passage. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859] Reference
A changeling may always be recognized by its peevishness and backwardness in learning to walk and speak. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
The east wind is peevishness and mental rheumatism and grumbling, and curls one up in the chimney-corner. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
He may indulge in peevishness to his heart's content, and it will be received as a sort of esoteric wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
The wrinkles of contempt crossed the wrinkles of peevishness, and made her face as full of wrinkles as a pat of butter. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
Palin's peevishness is appalling, but it pales in comparison to the dangerous ideology that she and her followers share. From Wordnik.com. [Linda Milazzo: How I Witnessed Sarah Palin's Anti-Abortion Fanatics] Reference
The supposedly charming Edwards rarely showed his affability (even if he didn't display the peevishness of the president). From Wordnik.com. [Trail Mix: Body Blows] Reference
Although I have the victory I cannot yet say the old man is dead; some seeds of peevishness yet remain to be destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York] Reference
"I thought you would not object to discuss our projected plans, a little, with me," she answered with a subdued peevishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
The last words burst from Maggie, in spite of herself, with a sudden drop from patronizing instruction to simple peevishness. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
Her peevishness, his coldness; her bubble-brained woman's magazine wisdom, his Spenglerian glooming about modern civilization. From Wordnik.com. [Throne Out] Reference
Do you sometimes, in your own peevishness, and your own meanness, wish yourself away from their fretful cries and noisy sports?. From Wordnik.com. [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference
Where most individuals would respond to the Gleason's guys with some peevishness at the very least, Obama bears them no ill will. From Wordnik.com. [Bittergate: the Untold Story Behind the Story that Rocked the Obama Campaign] Reference
Grumblers are domestic; just the same as spoiled brats cry for the very sake of peevishness, because they know not the pain of denial. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
We know the ridiculous follies, peevishness, and perversity of our masters; we have been behind the shows and shams of glittering halls. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
It was mere peevishness that made me object to Mairi meeting those people; and I had no idea that Sheila would take it so much to heart. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
It is harsh, rude, and grating, and is heard in the whine of peevishness, in the high pitch of mirth, and in the piercing scream of terror. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference
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