[syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Peevishness \Pee"vish*ness\, n.
The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness
of temper.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: See Petulance.
[1913 Webster] Peevit
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
peevishness
n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability,
crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness,
petulance, choler]
2: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was
well known to all his employees" [syn: temper,
biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness,
snappishness, surliness]