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Peevish

발음 /ˈpiːvɪʃ/ · 품사 형용사 (adjective)

가장 먼저 보는 뜻

한국어 뜻

검증된 한국어 뜻을 준비 중입니다. 확인되지 않은 자동 번역은 표시하지 않습니다.

영어 정의

Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny..

의미별 영어 정의

Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.
Quick to become bad-tempered or cross, especially due to insignificant matters; irritable, pettish, petulant.
(Canada, Northern England, figurative) Of weather: blustery, windy; also, of wind: cold and strong; bitter, sharp.
Coy, modest.
Foolish, silly.
Harmful, injurious; also, mischievous; or malicious, spiteful.
Impulsive and unpredictable; capricious, fickle.
Obstinately in the wrong; perverse, stubborn.

예문

Due to the long wait, there were several peevish patients in the doctor’s waiting room.

[T]he nature of religion, […] showeth it consisteth […] not in a peevish crossness and obstinate repugnancy to received laws and customs, but in a quiet and peaceable submission to the express laws of God, and lawful commands of man; […]

This makes his own mind untroubled, and consequently unapt to vent peevish expressions, or give passionate or inconsistent orders to those about him.

[T]he luckless Kitty continued in the parlour repining at her fate in terms as unreasonable as her accent was peevish.

There is E——, […] querulous and dictatorial, and with a peevish whine in his voice like a beaten school-boy.

Our tragedian was a rough joker off the stage; our prime clown the most peevish mortal living. The latter used to go about snapping and snarling, with a broad laugh painted on his countenance; […] there is no more melancholy creature in existence than a mountebank off duty.

I would rather figure things out on my own than ask that peevish librarian for help.

The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]

단어 변화형

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peevish 동의어

peevish 반의어

Peevish 사용 팁

peevish의 의미, 어조와 문법이 전체 문장에 맞을 때 사용하세요. 동의어라도 모든 문장에서 바로 바꿔 쓸 수 있는 것은 아닙니다.

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자주 묻는 질문

peevish의 뜻은 무엇인가요?

현재 검증된 한국어 뜻은 준비 중이며 영어 정의는 “Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.”입니다.

peevish의 동의어는 무엇인가요?

주요 동의어는 bemoaning, carping, complaining, fretful입니다.

peevish의 반의어는 무엇인가요?

가능한 반의어는 expressionless, happy, calm, impassive입니다.

peevish를 문장에서 어떻게 쓰나요?