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peevishness
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peevishness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncontrolled anger |
| Synonyms: | bile, ill temper, petulance, spleen |
| Antonyms: | affableness |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being mad, annoyed |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up, cat fit, chagrin, choler, conniption, dander, disapprobation, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, hissy fit, huff, ill humor, ill temper, impatience, indignation, infuriation, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, slow burn, soreness, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence |
| Antonyms: | agreeability, calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, pleasantness |
| Main Entry: | asperity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harshness; bad temper |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, churlishness, crabbiness, crossness, difficulty, disagreeableness, irascibility, irritability, meanness, moroseness, peevishness, roughness, sharpness, sourness, sullenness, tartness |
| Antonyms: | calmness, happiness, kindness, mildness |
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displeasure |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, balk, blow, crushing, discomfiture, discomposure, disgruntlement, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, fretfulness, frustration, humiliation, ill-humor, irritation, letdown, mortification, peevishness, shame, spleen, upset, vexation |
| Antonyms: | delight, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure, triumph |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angriness; bad mood |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
| Antonyms: | happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irritability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irascibility |
| Synonyms: | anger, annoyance, impatience, irritation, peevishness |
| Main Entry: | testiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irritability |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, asperity, fretfulness, peevishness, petulance, touchiness |
| Main Entry: | irascibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temper |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibleness, ire, irritability, irritation, low boiling point, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, spleen, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, temperament, tetchiness, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irascibleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temper |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, low boiling point, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, spleen, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, temperament, tetchiness, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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