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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peevishness \Pee"vish*ness\, n.
The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness
of temper.
Syn: See {Petulance}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
peevishness
n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: {irritability}, {crossness},
{fretfulness}, {fussiness}, {petulance}, {choler}]
2: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was
well known to all his employees" [syn: {temper}, {biliousness},
{irritability}, {pettishness}, {snappishness}, {surliness}]
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