peevishness

1. A pale, delicate, effeminate boy, who might have been taken for my master's younger brother, so strong was the resemblance: but there was a sickly peevishness in his aspect, that Edgar Linton never had.
   一个苍白的、娇滴滴的、柔弱的男孩子，简直可以当我主人的小弟弟：两个人是这么相像：可是在他的相貌上有一种病态的乖僻，那是埃德加林惇从来没有的。
2. Timid people always wreak their peevishness on the gentle.
   怯懦的人总是把满腹牢骚向温和的人发泄。
3. Be gentle In old age; peevishness are worse In second childhood than In first.
   老来要和蔼；第二幼年期的乖戾暴躁，更有甚于第一期。

noun

1. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
   1. his temper was well known to all his employees

   Synonym:    temperbiliousnessirritabilitypettishnesssnappishnesssurliness

2. an irritable petulant feeling

   Synonym:    irritabilitycrossnessfretfulnessfussinesspetulancecholer