Peevish crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters

The clue “Peevish” has appeared in various crosswords, and these answers were all used in those completions. This list reflects patterns that are consistent with your current puzzle.

Suggested Answers:

Synonyms and Definitions

TESTY

• Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, tetchy
• Definition: Quick to become irritated or annoyed.

SORE

• Synonyms: afflictive, huffy, mad, painful, raw, sensitive, tender
• Definition: a skin infection that is exposed

QUERULOUS

• Synonyms: fretful, whiney, whiny

VINEGARY

• Synonyms: acetose, acetous, vinegarish

SPLENETIC

• Synonyms: bristly, lienal, prickly, splenic, waspish

SCRATCHY

• Synonyms: abrasive, grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, spotty, testy, uneven

RATTY

• Synonyms: moth-eaten, shabby, tatty

GRUMPY

• Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, ill-tempered
• Definition: Irritated and easily bothered

FRETFUL

• Synonyms: antsy, fidgety, itchy, querulous

LIVERISH

• Synonyms: atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, livery

IREFUL

• Synonyms: irate

IRRITABLE

• Synonyms: excitable
• Definition: Quick to become irritated or annoyed

CRABBY

• Synonyms: grumpy
• Definition: Irritated and easily bothered

SOUR

• Synonyms: acetify, acidify, acidity, acidulate, dark, dour, false, ferment, glowering, glum, moody, morose, off, off-key, rancid, saturnine, sourness, sullen, tartness, turn, turned, work

CRUSTY

• Synonyms: crusted, crustlike, curmudgeonly, encrusted, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured
• Definition: possessing a tough shell or layer as a protective coating