peevish

adjective

Querulous or discontented.

adjective

Ill-tempered.

adjective

Contrary; fractious.

Querulous; petulant; ill-tempered; cross; fitful.

Perverse; self-willed; forward; testy.

Characterized by or indicating discontent, petulancy, or fretfulness.

Childish; silly; foolish; trifling.

Synonyms Fretful, Pettish, etc. (see petulant), ill-natured, testy, irritable, waspish.

adjective

Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.