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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an irritable petulant feeling;
[syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler]

2. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger;
- Example: "his temper was well known to all his employees"
[syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peevishness \Pee"vish*ness\, n. The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper. [1913 Webster] Syn: See Petulance. [1913 Webster] Peevit
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peevishness n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler] 2: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness]