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Definition of peevishness

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
an irritable petulant feeling

Similar Words: temper, biliousness, irritability, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, petulance, choler

Hyponyms: querulousness, testiness, touchiness, tetchiness, pet

Derivational Morphology: chasten, moderate, temper

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