English Dictionary

peevish

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpiːvɪʃ/

形容詞

イングランド北部方言 廃用 カナダ英語

Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross. / Constantly complaining, whining; childishly fretful.

日本語の意味

小さなことで怒りやすく、不機嫌である / 短気で、むやみに文句を言ったり、泣き言ばかり言う

My normally cheerful roommate turned peevish after a sleepless night and snapped at everyone at breakfast.

普段は明るいルームメイトが寝不足で不機嫌になり、朝食のときにみんなにきつく当たった。

意味（1）

Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross.

The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […] The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed, […]

意味（2）

Constantly complaining, whining; childishly fretful.

[T]he luckless Kitty continued in the parlour repining at her fate in terms as unreasonable as her accent was peevish.

意味（3）

Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous.

At first he was quite peevish. “What's the idea,” he said, “coming and spoiling a man's beauty-sleep? Get out.”

意味（4）

(obsolete, Northern England) Clever, expert.

The word peevish among the vulgar of Scotland is used for niggardly, covetous; in the North of England, for witty, subtile.

意味（5）

(obsolete, Canada, Northern England) Sharp, piercing, bitter (of the wind); windy, blustery (of the weather).

[…] the ridge […] / […] defends you from the blust'ring north, / And bleak affliction of the peevish east.

意味（6）

(chiefly obsolete) Perverse, refractory; headstrong, obstinate; capricious, skittish; (also) coy.

Not onely foolyshe frowarde and obstinate but also peuysshe, peruerse and indurate.

意味（7）

(obsolete) Silly, senseless, foolish.

ch. 5, sig. I2ᵛ: This is your peeuish chattering weake old man.

意味（8）

(obsolete) Beside oneself; out of one's senses; mad.

Some tremblid, some girnid, some gaspid, some gasid, As people halfe peuysshe, or men that were masyd.

意味（9）

(obsolete) Spiteful, malignant, mischievous, harmful.

In derision of the king, they made certaine peeuishe and mocking rymes which I passe ouer.

意味（10）

(obsolete) Hateful, distasteful, horrid.

The Lords Supper and your peevish, popish private masse doe agree together..as the common proverbe is, like harpe and harrow, or like the hare and the hound.

more peevish （ comparative ）

most peevish （ superlative ）