peevishness

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noun

1. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- his temper was well known to all his employees
• Syn:
temper, biliousness, irritability, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
• Derivationally related forms:
surly (for: surliness), snappish (for: snappishness), pettish (for: pettishness), irritable (for: irritability), temper (for: temper)
• Hypernyms:
ill nature
• Hyponyms:
querulousness
2. an irritable petulant feeling
• Syn:
irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, petulance, choler
• Derivationally related forms:
petulant (for: petulance), peevish, fussy (for: fussiness), fretful (for: fretfulness), irritable (for: irritability)
• Hypernyms:
ill humor, ill humour, distemper
• Hyponyms:
testiness, touchiness, tetchiness, pet

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  temper, biliousness, irritability, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, petulance, choler