peevish

a. 易怒的, 暴躁的, 带怒气的, 撒娇的

发音

UK /ˈpiːvɪʃ/
其它
US /ˈpivɪʃ/

词形变化

more peevish 比较级 most peevish 最高级

别名

pevish pievish

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.

    Due to the long wait, there were several peevish patients in the doctor’s waiting room.

  2. 2.

    Quick to become bad-tempered or cross, especially due to insignificant matters; irritable, pettish, petulant.

    I would rather figure things out on my own than ask that peevish librarian for help.

  3. 3.

    Of weather: blustery, windy; also, of wind: cold and strong; bitter, sharp.

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  4. 4.

    Coy, modest.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    Foolish, silly.

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  6. 6.

    Harmful, injurious; also, mischievous; or malicious, spiteful.

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  7. 7.

    Impulsive and unpredictable; capricious, fickle.

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  8. 8.

    Obstinately in the wrong; perverse, stubborn.

    废旧
  9. 9.

    Out of one's mind; mad.

    废旧
  10. 10.

    Of a thing: evoking a feeling of distaste, horror, etc.

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  11. 11.

    Clever, skilful.

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adv.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of peevishly (“in a peevish manner: whiningly; irritably, petulantly; etc.”).

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词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

cranky irritable scratchy testy peckish petulant fractious tetchy nettlesome pettish

近义相关 1

ill-natured

词源

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English pievish, peuysche, pevish, pevysh (“capricious, wilful; perverse, wayward”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from one of the following: * From an unattested Old French word, from Latin perversus (“corrupted, perverted, subverted; overthrown”), the perfect passive participle of pervertō (“to corrupt, subvert; to overthrow”), from per- (prefix meaning ‘intensively, thoroughly’) + vertō (“to turn; to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, subvert”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”)). However, the Oxford English Dictionary says this derivation “presents some formal difficulties”. * From Middle French *expaive + -ish (similar to; somewhat, rather). *Expaive is an unattested variant of Middle French espave, Old French espave (“(adjective) of an animal: stray; of a person: foreign; (noun) flotsam; lost property”) (referring to the behaviour of stray animals; modern French épave), from Latin expavidus (“extremely frightened or horrified”), from ex- (intensifying prefix) + pavidus (“fearful, terrified; quaking, trembling; shy, timid”) (from paveō (“to be afraid; fear; to quake or tremble with fear”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to hit, strike”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives)). The adverb is derived from the adjective.

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