Peevish - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'peevish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for grumpy that I've seen before include "One of Snow White's Famous Seven" , "The cantankerous Dwarf" , "Crabby and grouchy" , "Bad-tempered and out of sorts, like one of the Seven Dwarfs" , "Surly, ill-tempered" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Independent and the Sydney Morning Herald.

'peevish' is the definition.
(I know that peevish can be written as tetchy)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for tetchy that I've seen before include "Easily provoked" , "Irritable, cross" , "Fractious" , "Peevish or irritable" , "Ratty" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Independent and the Sydney Morning Herald.

(Other definitions for ratty that I've seen before include "character on the river bank" , "Bad-tempered, irritable as a rodent" , "Moley's friend" , "Irritable, peevish" , "water vole, literally" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, the Universal, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, The New York Times, the LA Times and the Penny Press.

'peevish' is the definition.
(I know that peevish can be written as petulant)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for petulant that I've seen before include "Peevish, inclined to complain" , "Fractious, pouty" , "Childishly sulky or bad-tempered" , "peevish impatience" , "Easily irritated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald.

'peevish' is the definition.
(I know that peevish can be written as scratchy)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for scratchy that I've seen before include "Like many an old record" , "Playing badly" , "carelessly" , "(Of sound) rough, grating" , "(Of a voice) rough and grating" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald.

(Other definitions for liverish that I've seen before include "Unhappy, bad tempered" , "Crotchety" , "a bit off?" , "Irritable as from bodily disorder" , "Irritable, suffering from abdominal organ" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald.

'peevish' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for splenetic that I've seen before include "testy" , "Irritable" , "Often cross" , "Pencil set (anag.)" , "Peevish" .)

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