Definizione monolingua

peevish

peevish (comparative more peevish, superlative most peevish)

1. Constantly complaining; fretful, whining.
   • circa 1599, William Shakespeare, King Henry V, act 3, sc. 7:

     Orleans: What a wretched and peevish fellow is this king of England, to mope with his fat-brained followers so far out of his knowledge!

   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, ch. 41:

     [T]he luckless Kitty continued in the parlour repining at her fate in terms as unreasonable as her accent was peevish.

   • 1917, P. G. Wodehouse, ""The Mixer"" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories:

     At first he was quite peevish. ""Whats the idea,"" he said, ""coming and spoiling a mans beauty-sleep? Get out.""

Definizione dizionario peevish

afflitto

brusco

irritabile

permaloso

rude

scontroso

sgradevole

spiacevole

stizzoso

triste

Altri significati:

Constantly complaining; fretful, whining.

constantly complaining