Peevish
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 23 crossword solutions for Peevish which appeared recently in The Guardian Quick.

We have deemed Peevish as a COMMON crossword clue as we have seen it included in several crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "QUERULOUS".

Publications

  • The Guardian Quick - Saturday, 12 Dec 2020
  • The Guardian Quick - Monday, 27 Jul 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 27 Nov 2018
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 3 Sep 2017
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 9 Apr 2017

Crossword Answers

5 letters

TESTY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

SULKY
A light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse

TECHY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

CROSS
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

RATTY
Dirty and infested with rats

6 letters

CRABBY
Annoyed and irritable

CRANKY
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

TETCHY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

INAPET

GRUMPY
Annoyed and irritable

7 letters

FRETFUL
Habitually complaining; "a whiny child"

SPLEENY

PECKISH
Somewhat hungry

PETTISH
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

8 letters

SCRATCHY
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

PETULANT
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

LIVERISH
Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress

9 letters

SPLENETIC
Of or relating to the spleen

IRRITABLE
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

IRRITATED
Aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"

QUERULOUS
Habitually complaining; "a whiny child"

FRACTIOUS
Unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"

10 letters

NETTLESOME
Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"