Pevish

Synonyms for "pevish" (274 found)

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Adjective(31 words)

fretful grotchy grouchy grumpy pettish querulous sullen adamant adamantine ardent atrabilious bad-tempered bemoaning bent on bilious bitchy bloody-minded brainish bullheaded cantankerous

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carnaptious carping certain choleric chronic complaining confirmed crabbit crabby cranky crotchety

acrimonious bad-tempered beefing bellyaching bilious bitching cantankerous captious carping catty caviling cavilling churlish complaining complaintful crabbed crabbing crabby cranky critical

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croaking cross crotchety

Adjective(1 words)

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Related words (137)

moody mournful murmuring muttering nagging naggy nettlesome out of humor passionate perverse pettish petulant pindling plaintive plangent puling quarrelsome querulant querulous rebellious

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Adjective(78 words)

mulish nocent nocuous noisome noodgy noxious obdurate obstinate obstreperous ornery ornery (chiefly us)}out of sorts peremptory persistent pertinacious petulant picayune pigheaded plaintful prejudicial

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Adjective(8 words)

nettlesome peckish pettish petulant scratchy techy testy tetchy

Adverb(1 words)

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