I grew as peevish as a slighted girl, and would no doubt have fretted myself into some signal folly, had not an event occurred which braced my soul again.

"He'd probably be a little peevish in the morning.

They are peevish at home, and malevolent abroad; and, as the outlaws of human nature, make it their business and their pleasure to disturb that society, which debars them from its privileges.

Asmund, who was habitually peevish under the puckerel curse, refused with opprobrious epithets, and the fighting began.

I am peevish with you by fits, and divide my time between anger and sorrow, which are equaly troublesome to me.

That, she is sour and peevish of temper, as I am, there can be no doubt.

Many young men are as obstinate, and as curious in their choice, as tyrannically proud, insulting, deceitful, false-hearted, as irrefragable and peevish on the other side; Narcissus-like, "Multi illum juvenes, multae petiere puellae, Sed fuit in tenera tam dira superbia forma, Nulli illum juvenes, nullas petiere puellae.

I expect he'll be right down peevish about it when he comes to.