peevish

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpiːvɪʃ/

Adverb

not-comparable obsolete

(obsolete) Peevishly.

Japanese Meaning

不機嫌な / 怒りっぽい / 短気でいらだちやすい

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At dinner, he peevish pushed his plate away and refused to speak.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

夕食の席で、彼は不機嫌そうに皿を押しのけ、口を利くのを拒んだ。

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(obsolete) Peevishly.

Be not peeuish fond in great designes. [1597 ‘pieuish, fond’; 1598 ‘peeuish, fond’; Malone conjectured ‘peevish-fond’, the reading adopted in many modern editions; the Arden edition prefers ‘peevish found’.].

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