PEEVISHNESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
   Synonym(s)
   • biliousness (what does biliousness mean?)
   • irritability (what does irritability mean?)
   • pettishness (what does pettishness mean?)
   • snappishness (what does snappishness mean?)
   • surliness (what does surliness mean?)
   • temper (what does temper mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his temper was well known to all his employees
   Hypernyms(s) peevishness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ill nature (what does ill nature mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • querulousness (what does querulousness mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • chasten (what does chasten mean?)
   • moderate (what does moderate mean?)
   • temper (what does temper mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an irritable petulant feeling
   Synonym(s)
   • choler (what does choler mean?)
   • crossness (what does crossness mean?)
   • fretfulness (what does fretfulness mean?)
   • fussiness (what does fussiness mean?)
   • irritability (what does irritability mean?)
   • petulance (what does petulance mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) peevishness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ill humor (what does ill humor mean?)
   • ill humour (what does ill humour mean?)
   • distemper (what does distemper mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • testiness (what does testiness mean?)
   • touchiness (what does touchiness mean?)
   • tetchiness (what does tetchiness mean?)
   • pet (what does pet mean?)