Pee'vish, a.

a. [O. Eng. perische, perisse, pevisse, pevysse, Scot. peuis, peuische, most probably corrupted from Fr. pervers, Eng. perverse, q. v., the letter r in each syllable being omitted.] 1. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to mutter and complain; querulous; petulant. She is peevish, sullen, froward. Shak. 2. Expressing discontent and fretfulness. I will not presume To send such peevish tokens to a king. Shak. Syn.—Fretful; querulous; petulant; cross; ill-natured; ill-tempered; testy; spleeny; irritable; waspish; captious; discontented.