peevishness
US/ˈpivɪʃnəs/
peevishness noun: the state of being peevish.
Noun
peevishness (usually uncountable, plural peevishnesses)
- The state of being peevish.
- Moreover, it were ungenerous, having bred thee up freakish and fiery, to dismiss thee to want or wandering, for shewing that very peevishness and impatience of discipline which arose from thy too delicate nurture.1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
peevishness meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
peevishness in Tamil
- சிணுக்கம்
peevishness in Urdu
- چڑچڑا پن, خودسری, تند مزاجی
peevishness in Kannada
- ಸಿಡುಕುತನ, ಸೀಡಕತನ
Forms of peevishness
| plural | peevishnesses |
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Origin of peevishness
From Middle English pevyshnesse, equivalent to peevish + -ness.
Questions about peevishness
- What does peevishness mean?
- Peevishness means the state of being peevish.
- What is peevishness in Tamil?
- Peevishness in Tamil is சிணுக்கம். See Peevishness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is peevishness?
- Peevishness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce peevishness?
- Peevishness is pronounced /ˈpivɪʃnəs/ (US).
- What is the plural of peevishness?
- The plural of peevishness is peevishnesses.
Words near peevishness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: peevishness (page history and authors); peevishness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peevishness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peevishness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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