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peevish. adjective irritable, cross, crabbed, childish, acrimonious, crusty, snappy, grumpy, sullen, touchy, whingeing (informal), surly, fractious, petulant, churlish, sulky, ill-tempered, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (Brit.oon after the marriage of the young people, the worthy doctor returned to Chertsey, where, bereft of the presence of his old friends, he would have been discontented if his temperament had admitted of such a feeling; and would have turned quite peevish if he had known how.
Definition of 'whirling dervish'. Word Frequency. whirling dervish (ËwÉËlÉªÅ ËdÉËvÉªÊ) noun. another name for dervish. Example sentences containing 'whirling dervish'. He's a buzz-saw, a whirling dervish, and he'd like to turn what we have into a high-profit money machine.