peevish

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peevish (comparative more peevish, superlative most peevish)

1. တတွတ်တွတ်မြည်တွန်တောက်တီးနေသော။ ပွစိပွစိဖြင့် ညည်းညူနေသော။
2. ကျွဲမြီးတိုသော (အသံ၊ ဟန်ပန် စသည်)။
   • 1864, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, chapter 46, Uncle Silas^[၁]:

     She took it with a peevish nod and a grunt, closing the door in my face.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 11, Essays of Travel^[၂]:

     that is not precisely a song-bird’s heart that you bring back with you when you return with aching limbs and peevish temper to your inn.

   • 1817, Walter Scott, chapter 22, Rob Roy^[၃]:

     He rubbed, with an air of peevish irritation, the once stainless brown coat, which had now shared some of the impurities of the floor of his prison-house.

ကြောင်းတူသံကွဲများ

• irritable, irascible