peevishness

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What gives the unhappy Man this Peevishness of Spirit is, that his Estate is dipped, and is eating out with Usury; and yet he has not the Heart to sell any Part of it.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

Peevishness, restlessness, vague longings and instability of character, are amongst the least of these.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles

Peevishness, and selfish rage, quarrels with servants and governesses, and other domestic disquiet, Ethel had of course to bear from her brother, but not actual personal ill-usage.

From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Peevishness is chronic impatience, due to a disordered nervous system and requires the services of a competent physician, being a physical, not moral, distemper.

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)

What vex'd them the more was, that it was wrote without Rancour or Peevishness; and, if not in a pleasant, at least in an open good-humour'd Manner, free, I dare say, from Pedantry and Sourness.

From A Letter to Dion by Viner, Jacob