peevish

peevish englannista suomeksi

1. äkäinen, äreä, kärttyisä

1. mariseva

peevish englanniksi

1. Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross. (defdate)

2. (RQ:Skelton Poetical Works)|translation=The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed, (..)

3. (RQ:Shakespeare Henry 5)

4. (RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice) And creep into the Iaundies / By beeing peeuish?

(ux)

5. Constantly complaining, whining; childishly fretful.

6. (RQ:Austen Pride and Prejudice)

7. Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous.

8. {{quote-text|en|year=1917|author=P. G. Wodehouse|chapter=The Mixer|title=The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories

9. (RQ:Bellow Humboldt's Gift)

10. Clever, expert. (defdate)

11. 1710, Ruddiman|Thomas Ruddiman in Douglas|Gawin Douglas, ''Virgil's Æneis, translated into Scottish verse'' (new edition), gloss (at cited word):

The word peevish among the vulgar of Scotland is used for niggardly, covetous; in the North of England, for witty, subtile.

12. Sharp, piercing, bitter (of the wind); windy, blustery (of the weather).

13. {{quote-text|en|year=1744|author=Armstrong (poet)|John Armstrong|title=The art of preserving health: A poem|section=book I, v. 285 ff

14. {{quote-text|en|year=1927|author=Lucy Maud Montgomery|title=Emily's Quest|page=174

15. Perverse, refractory; headstrong, obstinate; capricious, skittish; (also) coy. (defdate)

16. 1539, ''Bible|Coverdale Bible'' (Cranmer Preface):

Not onely foolyshe frowarde and obstinate but also peuysshe, peruerse and indurate.

17. (RQ:Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona)

18. Silly, senseless, foolish. (defdate)

19. (RQ:John Ford Whore)

20. Beside oneself; out of one's senses; mad. (defdate)

21. (quote-text)

22. Spiteful, malignant, mischievous, harmful. (defdate)

23. {{quote-text|en|year=1569|publisher=Richard Grafton|title=A chronicle at large and meere history of the affayres of Englande and kinges of the same|edition=1st|chapter=2|page=176

24. 1601, Marston (poet)|John Marston et al., ''Iacke Drums entertainment'', ch. II, sig. D2v:

This crosse, this peeuish hap, / Strikes dead my spirits like a thunderclap.

25. Hateful, distasteful, horrid. (defdate)

26. 1563, Becon|Thomas Becon, ''The displaying of the Popish masse'' (new edition, 1637), p. 299:

The Lords Supper and your peevish, popish private masse doe agree together..as the common proverbe is, like harpe and harrow, or like the hare and the hound.

27. Peevishly.

28. (RQ:Shakespeare Richard 3)