transcription, транскрипция: [ pi:vɪʃ ]
Someone who is peevish is bad-tempered.
Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish...
She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.
ADJ
• peev‧ish‧ly
Brian sighed peevishly...
She had grown ever more peevishly dependent on him.
ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj
• peev‧ish‧ness
He complained with characteristic peevishness.
N-UNCOUNT