Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun peevishness

2 senses of peevishness

Sense 1
irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler -- (an irritable petulant feeling)
       => ill humor, ill humour, distemper -- (an angry and disagreeable mood)

Sense 2
temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness -- (a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees")
       => ill nature -- (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)