All peevishness synonyms
pee·vish
P p noun peevishness
- irritability — the quality or state of being irritable.
- infuriation — to make furious; enrage.
- irateness — The state of being irate.
- waspishness — The quality of being waspish.
- disagreeableness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being disagreeable.
- crabbiness — the state of being crabby
- asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
- irascibility — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- acrimony — Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.
- churlishness — The state of being churlish.
- querulousness — The quality of being querulous.
- crossness — the quality or state of being cross or angry; irritability; snappishness.
- crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
- hotheadedness — The state or characteristic of being hotheaded; the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked.
- anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- chagrin — Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
- fretfulness — The quality of being fretful.
- ill humor — a disagreeable or surly mood.
- cantankerousness — disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: a cantankerous, argumentative man.
- hissy fit — Slang. a fit of anger; temper tantrum.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- huffiness — The property of being huffy.
- ill temper — bad or irritable disposition.
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- excitability — (uncountable) The state of being excitable.
- moroseness — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- irascibleness — The state of being irascible; irascibility.