peevish

peevish

1. kärttyisä

Synonyymisanakirja

peevish

häijy, äreä, ärtyisä, riitaisa, ärsyyntynyt, kärttyisä, äkäinen, kärttyinen, kärsimätön, äkkipikainen, kiukutteleva, herkkänahkainen.

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Englannin sanakirja

peevish (englanti > suomi)

1. mariseva

peevish englanniksi

1. Constantly complaining; fretful, whining.

2. (circa) w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, King Henry V, act 3, scene 7:

Orleans: What a wretched and peevish fellow is this king of England, to mope with his fat-brained followers so far out of his knowledge!

3. 1813, w:Jane Austen|Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, ch. 41:

The luckless Kitty continued in the parlour repining at her fate in terms as unreasonable as her accent was peevish.

4. 1917, w:P. G. Wodehouse|P. G. Wodehouse, "The Mixer" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories:

At first he was quite peevish. "What's the idea," he said, "coming and spoiling a man's beauty-sleep? Get out."

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